Who says that people are not buying homes?
As you can see in the graphs below there are many homes for sale. Unfortunately local and national media outlets are not down in the trenches yet somehow feel as though they "know" the heartbeat of the housing market. Despite some of their inaccurate reporting which make it seem as though no one is buying... people are still buying in the Tampa Bay area.
For the month of April 2009 2,527 homes were sold in the Tampa Bay, Florida areas of Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties while 4,274 homes were under contract:
This is a significant increase compared to February when 1,954 homes were sold and 3,307 homes were placed under contract:
As you can see... people are buying which is no surprise. Despite some biased local and national media, people have to live somewhere so they either buy... or they rent. For the last month there has been an increase though the local and national media seem to inaccurately portray the housing market as a crumbling one. As you can see... locally the numbers clearly show otherwise.
A hui hou (until next time)
~ Lana Robbins
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*All reports are published May 2009, based on data available at the end of Apr. 2008.
All reports presented are based on data supplied by the Tampa Florida Association of Realtors, Mid Florida Association of Realtors, Southeast Florida Association of Realtors, Regional MLS, County Association of Realtors, Sarasota Association of Realtors, Englewood Association of Realtors, Manatee Association of Realtors, Venice Association of Realtors or their MLSs. Neither the Associations nor their MLSs guarantee or are in anyway responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Associations or their MLS COPYRIGHT© TRENDGRAPHIX, Inc
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