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Here are the numbers from my September 8, 2009 searches in the Lancaster County MLS:                  Active Listings   UA Listings   Ratio     Prior year RatioSep 8, 2009       2,884            773        26.80%   24.12%Aug 7, 2009       2,805            791        28.20%   25.04%Jul 7, 2009    ...

Here are the numbers from my August 7, 2009 searches in the Lancaster County MLS:                    Active Listings   UA Listings   Ratio     Prior year Ratio Aug 7, 2009      2,805             791         28.20%    25.04% Jul 7, 2009        2,761            796         28.83%     29.17% Jun 5, ...

Here are the numbers from my July 7, 2009 searches in the Lancaster County MLS:                   Active Listings   UA Listings   Ratio     Prior year Ratio Jul 7, 2009       2,761             796      28.83%      29.17% Jun 5, 2009      2,844             814       28.62%      33.26% May 7, 2009 ...

Here are the numbers from my June 5, 2009 searches in the Lancaster County MLS:                    Active Listings   UA Listings   Ratio     Prior year Ratio Jun 5, 2009       2,844             814         28.62%   33.26% May 7, 2009      2,845             801         28.15%   34.95% Apr 4, 2009 ...

Here are the numbers from my May 7, 2009 searches in the Lancaster County MLS:                          Active Listings   UA Listings    Ratio          Prior year Ratio May 7, 2009                2,845               801        28.15%          34.95% April 4, 2009               2,861              ...

There are many signs that the Real Estate market is improving.  The ratio for Under Agreement to Active listings improved in the last month much more than we saw last year at this time.  Open house traffic is increasing, and the number of properties going under agreement is increasing.   A year a...

People are thinking of Spring and possibly moving.  The inquiries at our Kiosk at the Park City shopping mall continue to be positive.  Also, this past week a buyer bought one of my listings, and another person listed a condo with me.  Several other people met with me, asking questions about sell...

As people begin to think of Spring and possibly moving, I have seen an increase in the number of inquiries at our Kiosk at the Park City shopping mall.  Just this past week the character of inquiries has moved from "how is the market" to "we are thinking of moving". Here are the numbers from my F...

Here are the numbers from my January 3, 2009 searches in the Lancaster County MLS:                           Active Listings   UA Listings    Ratio          Prior year Ratio    2004/05 Ratio   2001 Ratio January 3, 2009           2,660         427        16.05%          21.29%            85.24%  ...

Here are the numbers from my October 4, 2008 searches in the Lancaster County MLS:                           Active Listings   UA Listings    Ratio              2007 Ratio       2001 Ratio October 4, 2008          2,879               652        22.65%          28.76%            33.36% September 6...