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Market Data for Greater Kalamazoo

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2008 revealed itself as a great time to buy a home in the Greater Kalamazoo Area.  Here's a look at the market comparisons from 2007 and 2008.  As you can see from the numbers that our area rebounded in Units towards the end of 2008 but the volume sold was significantly lower throughout the entire year.  If you are a real estate investor...there are a lot of good buys in our market.  Let us know how your market faired in 2008.

Units Sold                                                                         Value (in Millions)

              2007     2008     Change                                             2007       2008       Change

January     217       187       -13.8%                          January       31.3        24.4       -22.0%

February    264       237       -10.2%                          February      39.5       31.7       -19.7%

March        322       261       -18.9%                          March          46.5       36.4       -21.7%

April          363      349        -3.9%                            April            57.2      49.9        -12.8%

May          400      344        -14%                             May             62.7      48.6        -22.5%

June         431      418        -3.0%                            June            69.2      60.6        -12.4%

July          404      407        0.7%                              July             65.3      54.6        -16.4%

August      423       393       -7.1%                            August         67.1      57.0         -15.1%

September 321      336        4.7%                            September    48.6     47.5          -2.3%

October     321      362       12.8%                            October         46.5     43.8          -5.8%

November 277       280       1.1%                             November      40.2     33.9          -15.7%       

*Covers sales in Kalamazoo County and parts of Van Buren, Allegan, and Barry counties. 

Source: Greater Kalamazoo Association of Realtors