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Friday Chart – Price Changes in Charlottesville MSA – 12-4-2009

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Looking at a wider timeline, this time 1 November through 4 December 2009 and 5 December 2008: For 2009 versus 2008, for the previous seven days – there were 262 price changes this year versus 157 during the same time period last year.

… PDFs : Price changes – Charlottesville MSA – 2009 Price changes – Charlottesville MSA – 2008 The data below is still not as accurate as it will be, as the Charlottesville and Albemarle real estate markets do not have (and didn’t in the “boom” years) sufficient transactional volume to make all of these charts as trend-able as they are in other markets. … Frames not supported * “Condo” in this context = attached + condo Frames not supported Frames not supported Frames not supported If you’re interested in receiving these reports every month, please sign up below. Honestly, I think these charts are useful and cool; while they are still a work-in-progress as the data is still being analyzed, I think the trend lines are becoming more accurate.

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First Quarter Market Report for Charlottesville and Albemarle

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Days on Market : Of the 1927 residential properties on the market in Central Virginia: – 584 have continuous days on market (CDOM) of less than 30 days. – 890 have CDOM of less than 60 – 1126 have CDOM of less than 90 – 1143 have CDOM of at least 180 days – 458 have CDOM of at least 365 days – 78 have CDOM of at least 730 days (I’m posting this just because I was curious, so I thought you might be, too) Answering Joe’s question from my request for “what do you want to know ” (thanks to the CAAR report):- Price Per Squar foot Regarding price reductions – I’m working on a way to display the sold data, but in the meantime, know this – properties that have significant (meaning at least 10%) seem to be going to contract fairly quickly.

… In Cville all categories: 1st QTR 2008 145 Contracts (54% under $300k) 1st QTR 2009 87 Contracts (71% under $300k) In ALB/CVILLE/FLU/GRN 1st QTR 2008 554 Contracts (54% under $300k) 1st QTR 2009 452 Contracts (71% under $300k) I’m no rocket scientist but I think this means when we come back and look at the CAAR report again end of 2nd QTR, median prices are going to move some more.

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Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors’ 1st Quarter Market Report

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A balanced market should have a DOM of approximately 90, but we have not been in that range since 2006. 1st Quarter Average Days on Market County 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Albemarle 64 70 116 135 113 Charlottesville 72 62 75 141 167 Fluvanna 70 79 108 135 127 Greene 67 76 99 90 92 Louisa 114 119 158 110 70 Nelson 73 83 118 152 164 Orange 89 83 95 125 163 Area Average 75 80 107 132 134 Central Valley 126 143 144 *includes sales outside the counties listed **numbers courtesy of the Greater Augusta MLS New Construction Still Slow It is important to note that many “new” homes are not included in CAAR MLS statistics. … As expected, the average costs per square foot have decreased in every area covered in this report. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 1st Quarter Price Per Square Foot County 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Albemarle 155 173 174 176 155 Charlottesville 172 186 186 193 159 Fluvanna 121 141 135 137 122 Greene 133 148 157 147 134 Louisa 122 146 142 153 114 Nelson 193 232 206 197 176 Orange 133 175 195 129 110 Area Average 150 169 166 163 140 Central Valley 131 121 117 *includes sales outside the counties listed **based on CAAR MLS data Condos and Townhomes The sale of attached homes is only reported in Charlottesville and Albemarle because very few properties in this category are located in other counties, except Nelson.

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