Sorry about the delay in getting this information out this month. I’ve been trying to catch up on some projects I’ve got going so I’ve been distracted. August to August comparisons for ’09 versus ’08 show the current year lagging last year by only 5 %. We are seeing some stabilization in ’09 and now find the year to date drop to be only slightly over 14 %. And don’t even bother with the comparisons to ’07, where month to month shows a 23.7 drop and year on year a 40.85 % deficit. The goods news is ’09 continues to show a stable consistent number of sales each month. My real concern is whether this will continue after the $8,000 tax credit for 1st time home buyers expires in November, but November is just around the corner, so we’ll know shortly. Here’s the comparison.

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August

 

2009

 

 

 

2008

 

 

 

2007

 

 

Price Range

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

0 – 99,999

 

68

 

8.17%

 

48

 

5.47%

 

21

 

1.92%

100,000 – 199,999

 

277

 

33.29%

 

242

 

27.59%

 

278

 

25.48%

200,000 – 299,999

 

278

 

33.41%

 

290

 

33.07%

 

376

 

34.46%

300,000 – 399,999

 

108

 

12.98%

 

171

 

19.50%

 

200

 

18.33%

400,000 – 499,999

 

41

 

4.92%

 

54

 

6.16%

 

84

 

7.70%

500,000 – 599,999

 

26

 

3.12%

 

27

 

3.08%

 

50

 

4.58%

600,000 – 699,999

 

17

 

2.04%

 

9

 

1.03%

 

28

 

2.57%

700,000 – 799,999

 

9

 

1.08%

 

11

 

1.25%

 

18

 

1.65%

800,000 – 899,999

 

4

 

0.48%

 

8

 

0.91%

 

14

 

1.28%

900,000 – 999,999

 

3

 

0.36%

 

4

 

0.46%

 

7

 

0.64%

1 Million plus

 

1

 

0.01%

 

13

 

1.48%

 

15

 

1.37%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Sales/Pct.

 

832

 

100.00%

 

877