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Prince William County May Numbers

Jun. 25, 2007
Categorized in: Local Market Conditions

Prince William county's May numbers don't differ much from what we've already seen, other than in terms of volume. Here too, inventory is very high. New listings coming on the market were up again in May. The good news was the slight increase in new contracts in May. It's too soon to tell if this is a trend.

What you do see here, and have for some time, is an inventory that is, proportionally, less overwhelming. At current sales levels the inventory is just under a year's worth. And, as you move closer to DC that is the trend. Inventory levels are less extreme further in. If families are going to move this far out and commute in and pay high gas prices to do it, as well as sit in hours of traffic daily, they want a great deal on the house.

What the overall pictures shows us is that the average buyer does not yet see the homes in the outlying counties as a great bargain. Surely there are more price declines to come!

MONTH
ACTIVE
NEW LISTINGS
NEW CONTRACTS
SOLD
02/06
3354
1443
637
513
03/06
4015
2078
780
699
04/06
4686
2000
681
608
05/06
5227
2042
709
661
06/06
5481
1884
647
732
07/06
5559
1616
537
567
08/06
5348
1410
529
530
09/06
5061
1267
446
470
10/06
4770
1222
479
434
11/06
4248
959
386
411
12/06
3695
710
463
457
01/07
3739
1336
474
391
02/07
3928
1172
488
360
03/07
4527
1764
508
418
04/07
5073
1668
471
427
05/07
5431
1698
509
432