Albemarle County VA real estate market report for October 2009.  Its the beginning of a new month and the perfect time to reflect on the activity in the local real estate market during the past month.  This report will focus on the sales of single family detached homes in Albemarle County.

In October 32 Albemarle County homes sold for an average sale price of $473,967 which was 89.25% of the list price.  The homes were on the market for an average of 120 days.

In September on 2009, 51 homes had contracts that closed in Albemarle County, with an average sale price of $402,281.  They sold for an average of 94.31% of the list price and had been on the market for an average of 116 days.

August saw the highest number of sales during the past three months with 74 Albemarle County homes having contracts that closed.  They sold for an average of $476,397 which was an average of 93.06% of the list price and were on the market for an average of 101 days.

Today there are 602 Albemarle County homes for sale.  They are listed for an average price of $603,404 and a median of $459,900.  They have been on the market for an average of 191 days so far.

If we compare this years sales to date with the same period in 2008, we will see that from 1/1/2009-11/1/2009 532 homes sold on the Albemarle County real estate market.  This represents a -12.1% decline in home sales from last year.

Historically we would not be surprised that the October Albemarle home sales were down from August and September as home sales moving into the holiday season and winter months usually slow down.  However this year I would have expected September and the first half of October to be particularly strong as the first time homebuyers took advantage of the rapidly expiring First Time Homebuyers Tax Credit.  There has been some talk about the possibility of an extension of the tax credit, but that still has a long way to go to get through Congress.  It is much too early to count on passage.

These figures are from the mls and while they are presumed correct are not guaranteed.

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