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Paul Moye, Broker, ABR, GRI, CSP, SRES

Mixing Politics & Real Estate..Is that A Good Long Term Business Plan?

Over the past several months I have been lurking in the background of Active Rain reading the BLOG posts and that arrive in my e-mail each day. Many of these posts are excellent well written articles about the industry or the state of a local market or trends where that agent, inspector or mortgage lender has specific knowledge. Unfortunately many other posts have a political overtones or viewpoints and are more editorial on healthcare reform, tax deficits or other political positions and are not about our industry. While Active Rain is our venue to be the Real Estate, Mortgage Lender or Home Inspector Pundits in our own market I feel it is unwise for any of us to use this portal as a vehicle to express our own political or social view points towards one another or to the public.

Remember the nature of this beast we call Active Rain is to promote your industry professionalism not your political viewpoints so be careful out there...you may be doing more damage to your business than you realize.

I am not saying you do not have a right to express your beliefs or opinions I am stating that I do not believe this is the right venue for that expression. Remember once it is out there it is out there forever.....

August 2009 Williamson County Tennessee Sales Figures

September 8, 2009 (Franklin, TN)-The Williamson County Association of REALTORS® today announces the sale of homes statistics for Williamson County, Tn. for the month of August. There were 236 residential and condominium closings reported for the month, according to figures provided by RealTracs Solutions, the multiple listing service used by REALTORS® in the Middle-Tennessee area.

Compared to August of 2008, the residential home closings decreased 25 percent and the median prices for residential homes sold decreased by 25 percent. Days on the market (DOM) for residential homes remained the same as compared to August 2008. Condominium closings decreased by 25 percent (7 units). The median prices for condominiums decreased by 2 percent and days on the market also increased by 27 days compared to August 2008.

August 2009

Closings

Median Price

Average Price

DOM

Residential

215

$ 290,000

$ 352,072

89

Condominium

21

$ 187,500

$ 192,079

114

August 2008

Closings

Median Price

Average Price

DOM

Residential

286

$ 385,000

$ 439,129

89

Condominium

28

$ 192,000

$ 199,805

87

August 2007

Closings

Median Price

Average Price

DOM

Residential

423

$ 367,500

$ 444,824

65

Condominium

39

$ 194,980

$ 210,912

65

August 2006

Closings

Median Price

Average Price

DOM

Residential

479

$ 370,000

$ 440,742

46

Condominium

33

$ 183,000

$ 201,757

46

August 2005

Closings

Median Price

Average Price

DOM

Residential

493

$ 301,000

$ 372,921

58

Condominium

50

$ 152,000

$ 163,256

28

July 2009 Williamson County Tennessee Sales Figures

July 2009 Housing Sales

Williamson County Association of REALTORS® Announces July 2009 Housing Numbers

August 7, 2009 (Franklin, TN)-The Williamson County Association of REALTORS® today announces the sale of homes statistics for Williamson County, Tn. for the month of July. There were 303 residential and condominium closings reported for the month, according to figures provided by RealTracs Solutions, the multiple listing service used by REALTORS® in the Middle-Tennessee area.

Compared to July of 2008, the residential home closings decreased 8 percent and the median price for residential homes decreased by 9 percent. Days on the market (DOM) for residential homes increased by 18 as compared to July 2008. Condominium closings decreased by 50 percent. The median prices for condominiums increased by 15 percent and days on the market increased by 63 days compared to July 2008.

July 2009

Closings

Median Price

Average Price

DOM

Residential

289

$ 330,000

$ 409,599

95

Condominium

14

$ 242,000

$ 234,750

149


July 2008

Closings

Median Price

Average Price

DOM

Residential

315

$ 363,500

$ 429,120

77

Condominium

27

$ 211,044

$ 227,407

86

July 2007

Closings

Median Price

Average Price

DOM

Residential

437

$ 384,900

$ 449,994

66

Condominium

35

$ 215,000

$ 229,134

76

July 2006

Closings

Median Price

Average Price

DOM

Residential

518

$ 373,353

$ 419,341

46

Condominium

36

$ 185,000

$ 215,615

50

Williamson County Tennessee June 2009 Home Sales Figures

Williamson County Association of REALTORS® Announces June 2008 Housing Numbers

July 7, 2009 (Franklin, TN)-The Williamson County Association of REALTORS® today announces the sale of homes statistics for Williamson County, Tn. for the month of June 2009. There were 285 residential and condominium closings reported for the month, according to figures provided by RealTracs Solutions, the multiple listing service used by REALTORS® in the Middle-Tennessee area.

Compared to June of 2008, the residential home closings decreased 11 percent and the median price for residential homes increased by less than one percent. Days on the market (DOM) for residential homes increased by 12 as compared to June 2008. Condominium closings decreased by 30 percent. The median prices for condominiums decreased by 16 percent and days on the market also increased by 75 days compared to June 2008.


June 2009

Closings

Median Price

Average Price

DOM

Residential

266

$ 368,500

$ 429,373

93

Condominium

19

$ 176,000

$ 203,705

134

June 2008

Closings

Median Price

Average Price

DOM

Residential

300

$ 367,520

$ 436,842

81

Condominium

27

$ 210,213

$ 218,816

59

June 2007

Closings

Median Price

Average Price

DOM

Residential

447

$ 380,000

$ 459,373

67

Condominium

59

$ 207,900

$ 232,256

51

June 2006

Closings

Median Price

Average Price

DOM

Residential

545

$ 355,500

$ 435,670

48

Condominium

51

$ 218,990

$ 222,588

38

June 2005

Closings

Median Price

Average Price

DOM

Residential

541

$ 317,000

$ 367,786

54

Condominium

45

$ 158,900

$ 153,825

31

Williamson County Tennessee May 2009 Sales Figures

WCAR Announces May 2009 Housing Numbers
June 8, 2009 (Franklin, TN)-The Williamson County Association of REALTORS® today announces the sale of homes statistics for Williamson County, Tn. for the month of May. There were 219 residential and condominium closings reported for the month, according to figures provided by RealTracs Solutions, the multiple listing service used by REALTORS® in the Middle-Tennessee area.

Compared to May of 2008, the residential home closings decreased 37 percent and the median price for residential homes decreased by 14.6 percent. Days on the market (DOM) for residential homes increased by 19 days as compared to May 2008. Condominium closings decreased by 36 percent. The median prices for condominiums decreased by 1 percent and days on the market also increased by 11 days compared to May 2008.
May 2009
Closings Median Price Average Price
Residential 203 $ 315,900 $ 365,306 104
Condominium 16 $ 193,750 $ 201,450 97


May 2008
Closings Median Price Average Price DOM
Residential 321 $ 370,000 $ 440,864 85
Condominium 25 $ 196,000 $ 209,772 86

May 2007
Closings Median Price Average Price DOM
Residential 434 $ 371,338 $ 481,385 61
Condominium 60 $ 244,490 $ 241,554 69

May 2006
Closings Median Price Average Price DOM
Residential 462 $ 335,000 $ 417,075 49
Condominium 68 $ 147,900 $ 186,172 45