No, you’re not seeing things. June ’09 sales DID exceed June ’08 sales. Since monthly unit sales have been dropping versus the prior year’s month since 2006, this is a welcome change. Are we out of the woods? No, but just maybe we can tread water versus the prior year for awhile.

     Year to date, ’09 sales are now lagging ’08 sales by only 17 %. We had been in  23 % range. Comparing ’09 to ’07 now shows ’09 trailing ’07 by 45.6 %, which is down from a high of 53 %. Before we start dancing a jig, let’s see what the rest of the summer holds. Here’s the monthly and year to date info.

June

 

2009

 

 

 

2008

 

 

 

2007

 

 

Price Range

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

0 – 99,999

 

79

 

7.94%

 

42

 

4.47%

 

36

 

2.49%

100,000 – 199,999

 

319

 

42.11%

 

219

 

23.32%

 

361

 

25.05%

200,000 – 299,999

 

329

 

33.70%

 

330

 

35.14%

 

506

 

35.11%

300,000 – 399,999

 

142

 

14.27%

 

174

 

18.53%

 

247

 

17.14%

400,000 – 499,999

 

67

 

6.70%

 

86

 

9.16%

 

121

 

8.40%

500,000 – 599,999

 

27

 

2.70%

 

25

 

2.66%

 

60

 

4.16%

600,000 – 699,999

 

9

 

0.90%

 

24

 

2.56%

 

48

 

3.33%

700,000 – 799,999

 

10

 

1.00%

 

14

 

1.49%

 

25

 

1.73%

800,000 – 899,999

 

3

 

0.30%

 

10

 

1.06%

 

11

 

0.76%

900,000 – 999,999

 

4

 

0.40%

 

5

 

0.53%

 

6

 

0.42%

1 Million plus

 

6

 

0.60%

 

10

 

1.06%

 

20

 

1.39%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Sales/Pct.

 

995

 

100.00%

 

939

 

100.00%

 

1441

 

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

 

357

 

9.80%

 

195

 

4.44%

 

303

 

4.52%

100,000 – 199,999

 

1215

 

33.33%

 

1219

 

27.74%

 

1970

 

29.41%

200,000 – 299,999

 

1182

 

32.40%

 

1554

 

35.37%

 

2250

 

33.59%

300,000 – 399,999

 

462

 

12.67%

 

690

 

15.70%

 

1070

 

15.97%

400,000 – 499,999

 

195

 

5.30%

 

334

 

7.60%

 

521

 

7.78%

500,000 – 599,999

 

101

 

2.70%

 

158

 

3.60%

 

226

 

3.37%

600,000 – 699,999

 

54

 

1.40%

 

89

 

2.03%

 

142

 

2.11%

700,000 – 799,999

 

34

 

0.91%

 

56

 

1.27%

 

79

 

1.18%

800,000 – 899,999

 

17

 

0.45%

 

37

 

0.84%

 

50

 

0.75%

900,000 – 999,999

 

9

 

0.22%

 

11

 

0.25%

 

34

 

0.51%

1 Million plus

 

18

 

0.45%

 

51

 

1.16%

 

54

 

0.81%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Sales/Pct.

 

3644

 

100.00%

 

4394

 

100.00%

 

6699

 

100.00%