Leif Swanson

Real Estate Statistics - January 4, 2010 update:
2009 Sales: Sales in the Phoenix metro area in 2009 hit 92,450, the 3rd highest sales year ever. December 2009’s sales of 7,750 was the 2nd highest December ever. So much for a depressed Phoenix market.
Bank-Owned Active Listings: There are 5,398 active bank-owned foreclosure listings [...]

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Real Estate Statistics - December 28, 2009 update:
Bank-Owned Active Listings: There are 5,360 active bank-owned foreclosure listings in all of the Phoenix metro area, an increase of 362 over the past 2 weeks as buyers slow down for the holidays. Bank-owned properties account for almost 16% of all active listings.
Pending sales (properties currently [...]

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Phoenix Metropolitan Area Real Estate Statistics - October 2009
What is happening with the real estate market in the Phoenix metropolitan area? What changed in October 2009?
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1) Did the number of sales go up? Compared to September 2009, no they did not. But October 2009’s sales of 8,121 were [...]

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Real Estate Statistics - November 9, 2009 update:
Bank-Owned Active Listings: There are only 4,614 active bank-owned foreclosure listings in all of the Phoenix metro area, an increase of nearly 200 over last week. While this might seem as gloomy news, it’s actually welcomed; there are still about 5-6 buyers for every new foreclosure listing. [...]

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