Friday, February 8, 2008

Gainesville - January 2008 Trend Report


Residential Homes trended DOWN by 17.3% (January Year-to-Year)

Original Price: $464,594
Sales Price: $414,708 (89.3% of Original Price)
Average Days on Market: 101
Number of Homes Sold: 31

Currently Active Listings:
Average List Price: $486,568
Average Days on Market: 178
Total Listed: 358

It is important to know the path the market is currently on. Sellers need to lead the market not follow. Continually lagging behind the trend will lead to higher days on the market and lower "walkaway" sales prices.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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