The Wheel of Fugly

I'd like to welcome our sellers to the Wheel of Fugly...where market stats are going to make you cry.


Category is INVENTORY:

Here's the puzzle: __.__% ____ ________ ____ ___ ____ ____ ___ ____.

Spin the wheel: Oh, you got ugly.
Spin it again: Ugh, ugly again. That's a bummer.

Well, you've got a plethora of ugly do you want to solve the puzzle or spin again?

Solve it: 35.79% more listings on the market now than the same time last year.

Category is NUMBER OF SALES YEAR TO DATE

Here's the puzzle:____ ____ ____ __ ____


Spin the wheel: Oh, you got more ugly.

Spin it again: Sheesh...more ugly again. What bad luck.

Well, you've got a boat load of more ugly do you want to solve the puzzle or spin again?

Solve it: 2484 sales year to date (This is the fewest number of homes sold since at least 1996. A 34.5% drop since 2007).

Now here's the final puzzle

Category is PERCENTAGE OF LISTINGS SOLD SO FAR IN 2008

Here's the puzzle:__% _ ___ __ ___ __ ___ ____ ____

Spin the wheel: Oh, you got more ugly.

Spin it again: Oh no! This time you got fugly. That is some crappy luck you have today.

Well, I know you only have more ugly plus a whole bunch of fugly , but do you want to solve the puzzle or spin again?

Solve it: 32% of listings have sold so far this year. (This is half as much as in 2006 and a 16% drop from 2007)

Congratulations! You dear seller, have won a 32% chance of selling your property in a market with 35.79% more inventory.

Hmmm...So what did I win???

A ten month supply of Kleenex (current inventory). Don't worry it's the kind with the lotion in it.