Yesterday, I mentioned that the decline in YTD sales for ’08 versus YTD for ’07  had finally dipped below the 30 % barrier (but just barely). For most of the year, the decline between ’08 and ’07 has hovered around 33%.  I have been predicting for several months that I believe this decline between ’08 and ’07 for the year will come in at about 25%, since the final 4 months of ’07 marked the beginning of the significant slowdown we’re currently experiencing. Here’s the data.

Sales by Real Estate Zones YTD 2008 vs 2007
2008 2007 % Change
Zone # of sales # of sales
10 399   567   -29.63%
20 230   317   -27.44%
22 681   974   -30.08%
24 153   230   -33.48%
30 208   293   -29.01%
32 272   348   -21.84%
34 630   826   -23.73%
36 290   411   -29.44%
40 230   366   -37.16%
42 241   399   -39.60%
44 348   511   -31.90%
50 191   300   -36.33%
52 633   920   -31.20%
54 805   1136   -29.14%
60 335   459   -27.02%
62 771   1083   -28.81%
64 279   398   -29.90%
66 199   285   -30.18%
6895 9823 -29.81%