More houses sold in February 2008 than in January 2008 (no longer available)!
And in our market area* –
From 1 February 2007 to 1 March 2007:
190 properties sold and
From 1 February 2008 to 1 March 2008:
138 properties sold
More telling:
271 properties went under contract in this timeframe in 2007 while 198 went under contract in 2008.
More reading at Calculated Risk.
*Charlottesville, Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna, Nelson
**Full first-quarter 2008 market update (to include Waynesboro and Augusta) coming in the first week of April, to coincide with my appearance on WINA’s Charlottesville-Right Now! with Coy Barefoot on 7 April at 5pm.
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