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It is a Jungle Out There! But it is all Relative.

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Real Estate Agent with BCR Realtors 262359

Our statistics for residential sales in our local MLS service area were rolled out this week  and the actual numbers revealed what we suspected. The number of units sold for our area for the first quarter of 2008 was almost identical to the prior year's first quarter. Naturally that is good for the community! Does that spell "stable economy" .  I think it does. Now if You are a naysayer you might refer to it as "stagnant." And if the units sold were down, it could be labeled a "declining real estate market."  Now I calculated based on the number of agents in our market ( which is up about 20% in one year), that the average dollars sold by each agent equals about $47,000 in one month of the first quarter.   Whoah partners! That is just about poverty level isn't it?  Well I am not so sure that everything isn't just normal here in College Station , Texas. Remember the old saying about how 20% do 80% of the business in sales?  What's new?   

Have a Prosperous Week!

Trey

Carla Harbert
Full Time REALTOR in Ohio - Brunswick, OH
RE/MAX Omega, Brunswick Ohio
I enjoyed reading your post - good thoughts - Carla
Apr 29, 2008 04:20 PM
Jonelle Simons
Windermere Real Estate - Park City, UT
Yep, in our market too!  Things are starting to look up though - I think we're going to weather this storm just fine!
Apr 29, 2008 04:22 PM
Jonelle Simons
Windermere Real Estate - Park City, UT
Yep, in our market too!  Things are starting to look up though - I think we're going to weather this storm just fine!
Apr 29, 2008 04:22 PM
Christopher Watters
Watters International Realty - Austin, TX
Austin Realtor (512-829-8000)

Things are looking down here in Austin too!

Apr 29, 2008 04:29 PM
Trey Thurmond
BCR Realtors - College Station, TX
College Station , Texas Homes

Carla, Thakyou .

Jonelle,    We haven't really gotton to the storm stage here and may not but it is a little windy!  ;O)

Christopher, I did herer you March numbers were way off from prior year.

Apr 30, 2008 04:48 AM
Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth
Trey, I think the raw numbers show the Bryan College Station area to be very stable in housing.
Apr 30, 2008 03:10 PM
Kay Perry
Kay Perry, Broker - College Station, TX
I would say we are in a stable market.  Yes some things never change - 80/20 is almost always true with anything.
May 01, 2008 01:53 AM