Well, Richmond just keeps plowing ahead. Yeah, July sales didn’t exceed the heady number we saw in June, but all in all July was very respectable contributing to a continuing assault against the now astronomical numbers achieved in ’07. And let’s not even think about drawing comparisons to ’06 or ’05.

     Year to date we know find ’09 lagging ’08 by just 15 % and only off 43% against ’07. These numbers continuing to improve monthly and may well lead to an annual decline for ’09 versus ’08 of less than 10 %.  Considering how challenging the last few months of ’08 were due to the stock market decline, employment loss to Richmond’s Fortune 500 base, and the general malaise of the economy a 10 % or less decline is a realistic thought.  Anyway, here’s the comparison.

July

 

2009

 

 

 

2008

 

 

 

2007

 

 

Price Range

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

0 – 99,999

 

80

 

9.16%

 

60

 

6.16%

 

39

 

3.11%

100,000 – 199,999

 

294

 

33.67%

 

286

 

29.36%

 

319

 

25.44%

200,000 – 299,999

 

266

 

30.47%

 

332

 

34.09%

 

438

 

34.93%

300,000 – 399,999

 

115

 

13.17%

 

142

 

14.58%

 

250

 

19.94%

400,000 – 499,999

 

62

 

7.10%

 

69

 

7.08%

 

97

 

7.74%

500,000 – 599,999

 

33

 

3.78%

 

31

 

3.18%

 

44

 

3.51%

600,000 – 699,999

 

8

 

0.91%

 

27

 

2.77%

 

30

 

2.39%

700,000 – 799,999

 

4

 

0.45%

 

10

 

1.03%

 

15

 

1.20%

800,000 – 899,999

 

1

 

0.11%

 

5

 

0.51%

 

7

 

0.56%

900,000 – 999,999

 

3

 

0.34%

 

3

 

0.31%

 

6

 

0.48%

1 Million plus

 

7

 

0.80%

 

9

 

0.92%

 

9

 

0.72%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Sales/Pct.

 

873

 

100.00%

 

974

 

100.00%

 

1254

 

100.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YTD thru June

 

2009

 

 

 

2008

 

 

 

2007

 

 

Price Range

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

0 – 99,999

 

437

 

9.67%

 

255

 

4.75%

 

342

 

4.30%

100,000 – 199,999

 

1509

 

33.40%

 

1505

 

28.04%

 

2289

 

28.78%

200,000 – 299,999

 

1448

 

32.10%

 

1886

 

35.13%

 

2688

 

33.80%

300,000 – 399,999

 

577

 

12.77%

 

832

 

15.50%

 

1320

 

16.60%

400,000 – 499,999

 

257

 

5.68%

 

403

 

7.51%

 

618

 

7.77%

500,000 – 599,999

 

134

 

2.96%

 

189

 

3.52%

 

270

 

3.39%

600,000 – 699,999

 

62

 

1.37%

 

116

 

2.16%

 

172

 

2.16%

700,000 – 799,999

 

38

 

0.84%

 

66

 

1.23%

 

94

 

1.18%

800,000 – 899,999

 

18

 

0.39%

 

42

 

0.78%

 

57

 

0.72%

900,000 – 999,999

 

12

 

0.27%

 

14

 

0.26%

 

40

 

0.50%

1 Million plus

 

25

 

0.55%

 

60

 

1.12%

 

63

 

0.80%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Sales/Pct.

 

4517

 

100.00%

 

5368

 

100.00%

 

7953

 

100.00%