It was interesting as I went back into the FMLS statistics this evening and matched up previous August Atlanta homes sales of single family detached homes, and confirmed the current Atlanta real estate trends for single family detached home sales in the month of August going back to August of 2005.  They trend is unmistakable for Atlanta homes in units sold.  Sales of Detached Single Family Atlanta homes have dropped 39% since August of 2005.  We must force our self to look at the over all trends rather than go month to month and miss out on what is really occurring in our marketplace.  A 5 year chart of the same month allows us to see what  is really taking place.  In effect, we are comparing apples to apples.