That's a quote "Central Ohio home sales growing" is how the Columbus Board of REALTORS® reported March 2011 sales to members and the media yesterday.
The Columbus Board of REALTORS ® says Central Ohio home sales growing... over last month, March 2011 over February 2011.
"The 1,487 homes sold last month was 31.8 percent higher than the previous month’s sales of 1,128. Year to date sales of 3,678 lag 2010."
Central Ohio home sales growing over 2009... according to a press release. 2011 home sales are down "by 7.9 percent, but are still 6.9 percent ahead of the 2,178 homes sold in the first quarter of 2009. "
The big difference last year was the tax credits for nearly everyone who bought a home. There was a tax credit in 2009 too, for first time buyers.
"Central Ohio home sales growing" it depends on how you look at it....
The media is telling the story of the real estate market from another point of view. The Columbus Dispatch's headline is "Home sales fell last month in Columbus area, Ohio" sounds like they did not buy the Columbus Board of REALTORS®"Central Ohio home sales growing"
Nationally, March sales were down from a year ago but up from last year, according to results from the National Association of REALTORS®. Not as "up" as Columbus or the Columbus Board of REALTOR mls (multiple listing service.) The Columbus Dispatch article by Jim Weiker used AP info picked up from NAR for national sales info.
The headline in Business First Columbus (or is it Columbus Business First? I forget) is " Columbus-area home sales, prices keep sliding"
The Columbus Board of REALTORS MLS covers a large part of Central Ohio. The way Business First Columbus states it.... "The real estate board’s report include information from most of the traditional seven-county Columbus region, as well as parts of nine nearby counties."
How is your Central Ohio area doing? "Central Ohio home sales growing"
Clintonville home sale, Columbus Ohio 43214
I created graphs or single family home sales for these Central Ohio communities. The Columbus Board of REALTORS® lumps all residential sales.
I did not focus on how much sales rose from February 2011 to March 2011, but since there is a graph showing 15 months of home sales for each market in each graph you can see whether home sales increased from last month.
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The statistics and interpretation of them is always an interesting game. I think we put too much media value on them that is for sure.
My Outside logs forwards to Twitter and to Facebook pages. I noticed an unrepresented seller on Twitter this morning conversing with real estate agents... On my Worthington real estate page on Facebook, Worthington News, this same content got this comment which I would have to guess is from the same house / person, how the email showed it sans a link to the Facebook page:
Hi Maureen,
Worthington Home for Sale commented on Worthington News's post.
Worthington Home for Sale wrote: "Great news! Check out our page for this great home in Worthington and we'll continue to grow the numbers!"
Reply to this email to comment on this post.
Thanks,
The Facebook Team
Hmm comment spam from a FSBO... oddly in 6 years of blogging I don't think I've been comment spammed by a FSBO before.
I wonder if they comment spammed my @WorthingtonNews twitter feed too. I have to start paying more attention to that feed so it is not used.
Worthington schools home sales were up 1 from last month...