Rest easy. Alabama home sales have dropped, but not on Lake Martin. Or should you be alarmed that the average sales price of a home in Lake Martin plummeted 15% in one month? Which is it?
On March 12, 2007, Patrick McCreless wrote an article in the Alex City Outlook entitled, "Home sales still strong on Lake Martin." The information he quoted was from the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center, which (I assume) got its data from our Lake Martin Area Multiple Listings Service. While I do not disagree with any of the data in the article, I do think it presents an interesting look at analyzing statistics of our market.
Two main stats stuck out to me:
1. Statewide, Alabama saw the number of homes sold drop 20.4% from December 06 to January 07. The Lake Martin Area increased its number sold to 29 from 25 in December, for a gain of 16%. Hence the analysis that we were unaffected by the State's slump. I agree.
2. At the end of the article, it sneaks in that the Lake Martin Area's average home sales price dropped in January to $181,310 from $213,716 in December. Again, agreed. But - couldn't the headline easily have been "Lake Martin Home Prices Drop 15% in One Month?"
Click here to read my take on why these 2 stats can live in harmony.....
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