South-East New Brunswick Real Estate Market Report - May 2009
Real estate market information is important. I regularly discuss the numbers with my buyer and seller clients.
Unit sales of residential properties were down again in May, by 25% from 2008. The rest of the story is that the number of new listings coming on the market in May was down by 19% from last year. This resulted in a May sales to new listings ratio of 58%, which historically is a good number. The number of active residential listings at the end of May was almost identical to last year. Although sales have been consistently lower year to date, the number of active listings is not higher than last year.
So the current real estate market conditions are: typical number of listings from which to choose, no upward pressure on residential housing prices and lower monthly payments due to mortgage interest rates at historically low levels. In a nutshell, a balanced market that slightly favours buyers.
Unit sales of residential properties were down again in May, by 25% from 2008. The rest of the story is that the number of new listings coming on the market in May was down by 19% from last year. This resulted in a May sales to new listings ratio of 58%, which historically is a good number. The number of active residential listings at the end of May was almost identical to last year. Although sales have been consistently lower year to date, the number of active listings is not higher than last year.
So the current real estate market conditions are: typical number of listings from which to choose, no upward pressure on residential housing prices and lower monthly payments due to mortgage interest rates at historically low levels. In a nutshell, a balanced market that slightly favours buyers.
Here is a graph to illustrate residential sales year-to-date.
Posted by Larry Estabrooks - Agent at 6/11/2009 7:23 PM 
Categories: Market Reports - Southeast NB
Tags: South-East New Brunswick real estate market
Categories: Market Reports - Southeast NB
Tags: South-East New Brunswick real estate market
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