In 2005 TOWN & COUNTRY published the first of a series of multiple year Home Sales Reports.
In the last report of 2010, we witnessed the best and the worst of sales activity. 2009 saw only 1,094 homes closed title, the least since I have been reporting on market activity. Conversely, 2005 hit the high watermark with 2,544 home sales. Total Home Sales Volume, which is driven directly by the high end, had its best performance in 2007 with over $3.8 billion changing hands. That was then, this is now.
Fast forward to this 6 year study, and clearly 2005 remains the high water mark for the Number of Home Sales. The Total Home Sales Volume ran a 7 year cycle with 2014 closing nearly $4.7 billion, while 2007 saw just over $3.8 billion sold.
One notable, and interesting statistic, is that for the past 10 years the Median Home Sales Price bounced around the +/- $900,000 range with a low of $849,500 in 2005 and a high of $999,000 in 2007, followed closely by 2015 at $997,500. This statistic is much lower than market examples in many locations.
Evaluating the 12 individual markets monitored by TOWN & COUNTRY and you will see that these individual markets move independently in many ways, yet yield a definitive trend reflective of the health and stability of the overall economy, but mostly the equity markets.
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