The Moose Jaw Real Estate Market in August 2009 has done better in terms of the Total Numbers of Sales this month compared to the same period last year.
In The August 2009 report we see that in the Total Number of Listings this month has declined 23%, having there be a total of 412 listings this month compared to the period a year ago which had 534 listings.
The Total Number of Listings from Year to Date reached 3,907, however this once again is a decline where we saw 4,640 year to date listings in August 2008. This was a decline of 16% from last year to now.
On a brighter now, the Total Number of Sales this month were up 5% than in August 2008 having 247 homes sold compared to 235 the period a year ago.
This makes the Total Sales Dollar Volume this month $59,053,165, which is $2,708,590 higher than the period a year ago.
We might have seen in increase in the Total Sales Dollar Volume for August 2009, however the year to date Total Sales Dollar Volume is down 14% having August 2009 at $419,365,389 while August 2008 it was $488,599,971.
There has been an increase in the Moose Jaw Real Estate Market as you can see, it might not seem much; however the increase is much larger than what was seen in 2007-2008. This only proves that the market is picking up and hopefully stays this way.
As the housing market continues to rise, it is hopeful that we see this trend carry on throughout the month of September.
Jeff Markewich
Broker of Record with InfoMarket Group GMAC Real Estate
www.imgrealestate.ca
