Bob Strader on January 18th, 2012

I was curious how foreclosures sales have compared to ordinary re-sales over the past year in Forsyth County. I’m not sure what possessed me to pull these other numbers, most of which are only interesting but not actionable, but here they are.
There were 2600 homes sold in Forsyth County in 2011. Throw into the mix [...]

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Bob Strader on December 6th, 2011

But It Isn’t All Bad News
Comparing homes sold in Forsyth County for November Year-Over-Year (YoY) shows that home sales prices are still suffering downward pressure, but other areas show a marked improvement.

Unit sales, for residential detached homes, is up over 25% from November of last year, but the average sales price is down slightly, just [...]

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Bob Strader on November 22nd, 2011

Thanksgiving is the week we all reflect on what we are thankful for, so I’m sharing 3 reasons why anyone searching for real estate in Forsyth County can be thankful.
You see, even though inventory is down considerably from this time last year and sales are up (by 25%), it’s not all pumpkin pie and whipped [...]

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Bob Strader on September 15th, 2011

The real estate market in Forsyth County looks pretty good in August. The numbers are in and the data shows a flat to sight positive increase. In the chart below you can see that unit sales are up and sales prices seem stable.

With a 36% increase in the number of homes sold, it’s appears that [...]

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Bob Strader on July 20th, 2011

Comparing homes sold in Forsyth County for June YoY there are still some challenges but much improvement to celebrate.
Nationally
I always point out that the news reports you hear regarding national home sales, while important to know, don’t effect or reflect what is happening locally. To make that point, June data came out from the NAR [...]

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Bob Strader on January 18th, 2011

We are well into January, 2011. The economy is what most people are thinking about as they wonder where things are headed. Around this time of year there are plenty of people who look into their crystal balls and make predictions…or throw things up to see what might stick. I’ll probably do a little of [...]

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Bob Strader on July 31st, 2010

34%
The percentage increase in sales of existing homes in Forsyth County for Q2 2010 vs Q2 2009.

On the last day of each month I post a “Big Number” or interesting figure related to real estate in our area.

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Bob Strader on April 30th, 2010

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The number of months worth of inventory available in Forsyth County for Bank Owned properties. 137 are currently available, 531 have sold over the past 12 months. Clearly a sellers market if you are looking for foreclosures.
On the last day of each month I post a “Big Number” or interesting figure related to real estate in [...]

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Bob Strader on January 29th, 2010

There have been news reports recently that home sales across the country dropped off significantly from Nov 09 to Dec 09, but we looked at the year-over-year trends and found that home sales in Forsyth County for the 4th qtr. of 2009 were up 23.4% over 4th qtr 2008. There are several factors that are [...]

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