Thursday, July 21 2011
We have more good news to report based on last month’s local real estate activity. We closed more transactions in June than we did last June. That would not be so impressive, until one considers that June of 2010 was the last month in which buyers could close transactions and take advantage of the homebuyer’s tax credit. The real estate market has been out of the tax credit business for a full year now and it is clear that we are a better position today than we were a year ago. We are absolutely positive that we will close significantly more transactions over the next few months than we did over the same period last year. Based on June sales, our month’s supply of active listings is lower than it has been for 35 of the past 36 months. Properly priced listings are selling in today’s market. We would be happy to do a market analysis for you, or anyone you know who is considering selling their home.
As we have said many times, all real estate is local, and as proud as we are of how our market has recovered there are some other non real estate specific issues that have had a positive impact on our local market. First on a state level, Indiana has recovered far better than most states. According to The U. S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Indiana’s GDP grew 4.6% in 2010 which was third highest in the nation. Partially as a result of decreasing the state’s corporate tax rate, Chief Executive Magazine ranks Indiana’s business climate best in the Midwest and sixth best in the nation. The U. S. Conference of Mayors recently ranked metropolitan areas based on the projected time at which they will have fully recovered to pre-recession levels. The conference studied the 15 largest Indiana metropolitan areas. Out of that group, the Evansville metro area is expected to recover the soonest.
We are always researching new ways to help our buyers and sellers. Next month we will be able to tell you about another new tool we are adding to give better service for your real estate needs. Feel free to contact me on my cell phone at 812-499-9234 or send me an email: Rolando@TheTrentiniTeam.com
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