Hooray!!!! Guess what? Well, now 2009 year to date unit sales only trail 2007 sales by 49.6 %. Nice to be under to 50 % bracket. ’09 year to date unit sales are now lagging ’08 sales by 23 %. Are you doing a jig yet? May also marked a sharp increase in unit sales over the April with a 24 % jump in units sold. The May month to month numbers show ’09 lagging ’08 by 13 % with ’09 trailing ’07 by 44 %. Certainly the short term trend is showing increasing sales, but this trend could become short lived with recent spike in interest rates. Here are the 3 year numbers.

May

 

2009

 

 

 

2008

 

 

 

2007

 

 

Price Range

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

0 – 99,999

 

52

 

7.21%

 

29

 

3.49%

 

41

 

3.19%

100,000 – 199,999

 

226

 

31.35%

 

207

 

24.91%

 

370

 

28.79%

200,000 – 299,999

 

241

 

33.43%

 

300

 

36.10%

 

440

 

34.24%

300,000 – 399,999

 

95

 

13.18%

 

135

 

16.25%

 

216

 

16.81%

400,000 – 499,999

 

46

 

6.38%

 

69

 

8.30%

 

106

 

8.25%

500,000 – 599,999

 

26

 

3.61%

 

36

 

4.33%

 

46

 

3.58%

600,000 – 699,999

 

18

 

2.50%

 

14

 

1.68%

 

23

 

1.79%

700,000 – 799,999

 

8

 

1.11%

 

18

 

2.17%

 

16

 

1.25%

800,000 – 899,999

 

4

 

0.55%

 

7

 

0.84%

 

15

 

1.17%

900,000 – 999,999

 

1

 

0.14%

 

2

 

0.24%

 

5

 

0.39%

1 Million plus

 

4

 

0.55%

 

14

 

1.68%

 

7

 

0.54%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Sales/Pct.

 

721

 

100.00%

 

831

 

100.00%

 

1285

 

100.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YTD thru May

 

2009

 

 

 

2008

 

 

 

2007

 

 

Price Range

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

 

# of Sales

 

% of Ttl Sales

0 – 99,999

 

278

 

10.49%

 

153

 

4.43%

 

267

 

5.08%

100,000 – 199,999

 

896

 

33.82%

 

1000

 

28.04%

 

1609

 

30.60%

200,000 – 299,999

 

853

 

32.20%

 

1224

 

35.13%

 

1744

 

33.17%

300,000 – 399,999

 

320

 

12.08%

 

516

 

15.50%

 

823

 

15.65%

400,000 – 499,999

 

128

 

4.83%

 

248

 

7.51%

 

400

 

7.60%

500,000 – 599,999

 

74

 

2.79%

 

133

 

3.52%

 

166

 

3.16%

600,000 – 699,999

 

45

 

1.70%

 

65

 

2.16%

 

94

 

1.79%

700,000 – 799,999

 

24

 

0.91%

 

42

 

1.23%

 

54

 

1.03%

800,000 – 899,999

 

14

 

0.53%

 

27

 

0.78%

 

39

 

0.74%

900,000 – 999,999

 

5

 

1.89%

 

6

 

0.17%

 

28

 

0.53%

1 Million plus

 

12

 

0.45%

 

41

 

1.19%

 

34

 

0.65%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Sales/Pct.

 

2649

 

100.00%

 

3455

 

100.00%

 

5258

 

100.00%