Tuesday, 22 September 2015

Through 8 months, 2015 is out-pacing 2014 by 1002 - 816 margin

Woodstock-Ingersoll real estate board area continues to see brisk sales totals
Low inventory of listings on market

By Mark Schadenberg
If you walked into a store and saw empty shelves, you would either think the store doesn't do a great job of ordering stock, has just completed a massive year-end sale, or is going out of business.
The business which is real estate in the Oxford County area continues to see brisk sales and low inventory.
Some of these numbers have been tossed around previously, especially the year-end total for sales in the WIDREB area. I believe numbers do tell a story and maybe that's why I enjoy baseball as it's a game of probabilities and percentages.

Sales numbers in the Woodstock-Ingersoll District real estate board (WIDREB also includes Norwich, Innerkip, Sweaburg, Beachville, Embro, Mt Elgin, Hickson, Drumbo and points in-between), depict that 2014 started out very slowly due to horrendous weather and the numbers never recovered to the 10-year average. Meanwhile, 2013 was a good year versus 2012, but actually an average year overall. See numbers.
2014: 1180       2013: 1252
 2012: 1066      2011: 1158 
 2010: 1216      2009: 1080
 2008: 1176      2007: 1359
 2006: 1278      2005: 1473 (Correct) 
 Average for past 10 years: 1224

Keep in mind, these stats are solely for reported MLS activity, and do not include private sales or custom-built construction contracts not ever advertised (listed) MLS.
The month of AUGUST in 2015 was quite good with 126 sales, versus only 109 in August of 2014. The best August ever was 2005 with 148, which was also the year Toyota announced it was to build a factory in Woodstock. Meanwhile, on the other side of the pendulum 2008 and 2010 both failed to top 100.
2015: 126       2014: 109
2013: 120       2012: 104
2011: 110       2010: 85
2009: 110       2008: 81
2007: 138       2006: 124
2005: 148       2004: 133
* -- Through 8 months, 2015 is out-pacing 2014 by an overall margin of 1002 to 816. Therefore, 2015 is shaping up to be a good year overall, but what is stunning is that the sales totals are impressive at a time when the overall listings totals are low.



It has also been pointed out in this space that the number of all active MLS listings – houses for sale, but also commercial properties – is very low currently, and that is also true as we look at the total number of listings entering September for the past 10 years.
2015: 484           2014: 651
2013: 700           2012: 715
2011: 725           2010: 925
2009: 1011         2008: 1061
2007: 841           2006: 748

Your Realtor has access to these numbers very quickly, so if they are unsure of these actual statistics, call me today as I am ready to be your full-time Realtor. (Excerpt from WIDREB office produced press release)

LINKS:

Mark Schadenberg, Sales Representative
Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES designation)
Royal LePage Triland Realty Brokerage
757 Dundas St, Woodstock
www.royallepagetriland.com
(519) 537-1553, cell or text
Email: mschadenberg@rogers.com
Twitter: markroyallepage
Facebook: Mark Schadenberg, Royal LePage Triland

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