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Polaroid - The Woodlands, TX - Real Estate Market - May 29th, 2008

By
Real Estate Agent with Better Homes And Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene

Woodlandsrealestatemarketsnapshot A quick snap shot of The Woodlands real estate market - by Ken Brand

To win big-fat and juicy, consider a Forest Gump like sprint for the next 90 days.

Historically, more sales are written in June, July & August than any other three months.  You know what to do, don’t you? 

Listing Inventory - The Woodlands, TX
As of 2:19pm, May 29th, according to Houston Association of REALTORS, Multiple Listing Service – there are 862 Active Listings on the market in The Woodlands.  Last year at this time there were 868.  Historically, listing inventory begins to shrink from here till January.  As you may recall, listing inventory in The Woodlands has been running about 10% to 18% higher than last year's – it’s running below last year's level - there is less inventory.  This means that listings are selling and fewer new listings will be coming on the market.  Attention Icons - re-triple your efforts to take new listings and your bank balance will rise faster than the price of gasoline. 

Go. Now. Fast.

Written Sales - The Woodlands, TX
May 2007 = 277 Contracts Pened in The Woodlands, TX (all brokers), it looks like there will be 280 contracts written/pended this month.  280 is higher than 277, duh.  This will be the first month in 9 months where sales were ahead of the previous year. 

Conclusion – Sales are growing, listing inventory is shrinking, hard working agents are winning bigger than ever, lazy agents are losing bigger than ever.  You’re smart, good looking and hard working, take advantage. 

Go. Run. Do.

Our Team Shines - Our Sellers Benefit

Here’s something to be proud of.  According to HAR MLS Closed Sales Statics for The Woodlands, month to date.

Average List Price To Sale Price % for Closed Single Family Homes

We lead in netting our sellers more money –
Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors, The Woodlands -98.6%
Keller Williams Realty/Woodlands – 97.7%
Coldwell Banker United Realtors – 97.3%
Re/Max Spring-Woodlands – 95.01%

That’s it my friends.  All the BEST!
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"It's about the consumer dude!" ~ Joe Dirt