2012 is off to an encouraging start. Mortgage rates have remained under 4% for nearly two months. Home sales are strengthening and pending home sales, a measure to gauge future sales, are at their highest levels since March 2010.

Job growth increased during most of 2011, with unemployment dropping to 8.4%. As more people are getting jobs, consumer confidence has also been increasing.  However, underemployment with a rate of 18.1% continues to be a problem for a stronger recovery. There are still a significant number of people working part time, who would like to have full-time work.

Even with substantial national improvements, the recovery is spotty. Payroll jobs were up in 25 states, but down in 24, demonstrating the delicate state of the U.S. economy. Global factors such as the European debt crisis are also complicating a more robust recovery.

What does the recovery look like in our local real estate market? Take a look at January figures.

Greenville NC real estate sales statistics for January 2012 saw the pending sales price increase by 12% when compared to January 2011.  The sold listings have decreased by 24%.  New listings have decreased by 1% when compared to January 2011 and the average sale price decreased by 6% to $ 166,466 when compared with January 2011.  Market times increased by 62 days or 32% from January 2011.

 

Date New
Listings		 Pending
Sales		 Sold
Listings		 Average
Sale Price		 DOM
January 2012 114 58 29 $ 166,466 193
January 2011 115 51 38 $ 176,729 131

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