Mount Laurel Real Estate Market Update YTD August 2008

Here’s the Mount Laurel Real Estate market update for August 2008. Pended units for August were down 19 and Sold units were down 23 compared to August 2007; listed units were down 30 versus 2007. This has led to a current inventory of 423 units. Mount Laurel has been averaging 49 units sold per month which means there is currently 8 months worth of inventory in Mount Laurel. This outperforms the overall Burlington County market, which has 12 months worth of inventory. Year to date listed units are down 145 (a 16% decrease), pended units are down 177 (a 42.5% decrease) and sold units are down 190 (a 48.5% decrease). See how this compares to the Burlington County Market.

Over the last 3 years the average number of units pended and sold in August was approximately 77 & 98 respectively. This August, there was 46 pended and 63 sold. The average Days on Market for the year is 78.

What does all this mean? If you are thinking of buying or selling right now it’s important that you seek the advice of a full time professional realtor who can best advise you as to how to take advantage of this market.

The chart below provides you with the 8/2007-8/2008 numbers for listed, pended and sold units.

Below is a chart that shows the average list price and average sold price for Mount Laurel from 8/2007-8/2008. The average sold price is down less than 1% from August 2007 ($297,045) to August 2008 ($294,491).

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*Market statistics as of 9/15/2008.