I read the Alexandria paper this week and it said that home sales were up statewide up over 5% this year from last year. So I thought that I’d better check the local data.

My findings are still very similar to earlier first quarter reports.

Closed sales in Douglas County from January 1st to May 28th for the respective years are as follows:

2010: 116 closed residential sales
2011: 86 ”

Sorry for the bad news, but this represents about a 26% decline from last year. That’s sizable, but with no government freebies…we can expect a little dip.

Source: Greater Alexandria Area Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service