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2009 

INTRODUCTION As of today, there are 23 active listings in MLS and 9 homes that went under contract in the past 30 days. This gives us a current absorption rate of 2.6 which is lower than last week's rate of 4. Of the 27 active listings, 11 are new homes from the builder(5 town homes, and 6 detach...
02/23/2009
INTRODUCTION As of today, there are 53 active listings in MLS and 32 homes that went under contract in the past 30 days. This gives us a current absorption rate of 1.7, which is higher than last week's rate of 2.3. The number of distressed sales out of the total actives and the breakdown is as fo...
02/23/2009
Here is an article from CNNMoney.com, Final score: $8,000 for homebuyers. It is a good article explaining who can qualify for a First Time Buyer Tax Credit. The major Bullet points are:1. First time buyers can claim a credit of 10% of the home's value up to $8,000.2. The home must be purchased be...
02/18/2009
INTRODUCTION As of today, there are 28 active listings in MLS and 7 homes that went under contract in the past 30 days. This gives us a current absorption rate of 4 which is lower than last week's rate of 5.4. Of the 27 active listings, 11 are new homes from the builder(5 town homes, and 6 detach...
02/16/2009
INTRODUCTION As of today, there are 57 active listings in MLS and 25 homes that went under contract in the past 30 days. This gives us a current absorption rate of 2.3, which is higher than last week's rate of 2.8. The number of distressed sales out of the total actives and the breakdown is as fo...
02/16/2009
Yesterday I posted The Senate Passes Stimulus Bill, since that post there has been modifications in the bill, you can read more details about the plan in general here.The $15,000 tax credit for anybody buying a home over the next year was dropped, it is now for first-time homebuyers, a buyer who ...
02/12/2009
Yesterday the Senate passed a second economic stimulus package. This article discuses how it relates to the real estate industry. Perhaps one of the most important parts of the bill is a bipartisan amendment to change the current 1st time home buyer tax credit of $7500.The current credit is $7500...
02/11/2009
INTRODUCTIONAs of today, there are 64 active listings in MLS and 23 homes that went under contract in the past 30 days. This gives us a current absorption rate of 2.8, which is higher than last week's rate of 4.1. The number of distressed sales out of the total actives and the breakdown is as fol...
02/09/2009
INTRODUCTION As of today, there are 27 active listings in MLS and 5 homes that went under contract in the past 30 days. This gives us a current absorption rate of 5.4 which is lower than last week's rate of 9.3. Of the 27 active listings, 11 are new homes from the builder(5 town homes, and 6 deta...
02/09/2009
INTRODUCTION As of today, there are 28 active listings in MLS and 3 homes that went under contract in the past 30 days. This gives us a current absorption rate of 9.3 which is higher than last week's rate of 8.3. Of the 28 active listings, 11 are new homes from the builder(5 town homes, and 6 det...
02/02/2009
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