Market Data: July 11, 1990 and July 29, 2010I have the only complete set of Alexandria Multiple Listing Service books dating back to 1979. This is the only complete set in town and has more data in there than anywhere else that can be retrieved showing this market. The assessor does not know how many…
I had a really cool conversation with a friend about investing. A lot of people make money in their jobs, inheritance, other investments, etc. When you make money, the question is “what are you going to do with it”? You can take your money and invest it in Arizona, Florida, Stock Market, whatever. If you…
I have put very little time into this in my blog, yet it is a statistic that draws me in as it has to do with real estate; WORLD POPULATION! Here are the numbers: 1804: 1 Billion 1927: 2 Billion (123 years later) 1960: 3 Billion (33 years later) 1974: 4 Billion (14 years later)…
For Douglas County, these are the sales data as posted in the MLS for the 2nd Quarter of 2010. I went back to 1997, so that you could see how this market compared with previous markets. The one sale in 2010, was for $852,000, was previously a resort that had been subdivided. I don’t think…
Currently as of this morning we have 440 lakehome listings on inventory in the MLS. In Douglas County we have 268 listings. That surpasses all records this year and all other previous years. On July 30, 2007 we had peaked at 417 listings in the MLS and on August 26, 2009 we had peaked at…
I found this to be true in my day-to-day business: Although the average square footage of a new house is still double what it was in 1960, in the last year it decreased slightly to 2,215 square feet from a high of 2,277 square feet in 2008, according to data from the Census Bureau. While…
Just checked the U.S. Population clock; there are estimated 309,774,892 people in America. When I checked it on February 19, 2009; there were 305,849,952 people. That’s a net gain of 3,924,940 people. Keep in mind that we only built around 554,000 housing units last year…get the picture? I understand that we still have a substantial…
So far to date we had 32 bareland and lot sales in Douglas County in the first half of 2010. Compared with previous years, it looks like this. Again, this is the first half comparisons, for more info go to my blog of January 12, 2010 and it will give you the cumulative for the…
HousingChartbook.July2010 For my archives, I uploaded this report from Wells Fargo. I figure that in 2-3 years it would be good to go back and look at this. This is a National housing report…you may find it of value.
As of this morning, we have 681 residential homes listed in the MLS. Of those homes listed, 337 are in Douglas County. A new record. Lakehomes are still holding at their peak of 433 listings with 261 listed in Douglas County. To understand a little more about this data, refer back to my July 8th…
