Sales Last Month Up 150 Percent Over March 2015; Median Price Up 36 Percent

Home sellers in Gambrills, Maryland, enjoyed a very strong month of buyer activity last month as the median price of a Gambrills home jumped 36 percent from March 2015.

Numbers compiled by RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI) show that buyers of Gambrills homes gobbled up the properties 40 percent faster than in March 2015. The average time needed to sell a Gambrills home dropped from 134 days to 81 days, year over year.

The number of homes sold in Gambrills last month – 15 -- far outpaced sales in March 2015 (6), an increase of 150 percent. The rise was due to a strong jump in the number of detached homes that were sold (13). Four such homes sold in March 2015.

The median price of a Gambrills home last month rose to $570,000.

The robust home sales figures for Gambrills mirror those of other Fort Meade-area communities, including Odenton. The number of homes sold in Odenton in March (49) rose 53 percent over the same period last year, while the median price of a home sold in Odenton rose 7.6 percent (http://jerryklinerealtor.com/odenton-home-sales-explode-march/).

Jerry Kline is a Realtor with the Odenton, Maryland, office of Keller Williams Flagship of Maryland (1216 Annapolis Rd., Odenton, MD 21113.) For more information on the local real estate market, contact him at (443) 924-7418.