Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Real Estate Sales down in June

SALES DOWN IN JUNE: Sales of single-family existing homes in Maine continued to decrease in June 2008. In a press release to the Maine media, MREIS reports 996 homes sold last month, a drop of 24.32% from last June’s sales figure of 1,316 homes. During the past 12 months, Maine's median sales price decreased nearly six percent to $188,000. The median sales price indicates that half of the homes were sold for more and half sold for less. NAR reports a nationwide sales drop of 14.8% in June. The national median existing single-family home price dropped 6.7% to $213,800. Regionally, sales in the Northeast fell 15.8% during the past 12 months. According to NAR, the regional median sales price decreased 12.6% to $256,700.

No comments: