June 4, 2009

Statistics just released show that the Inventory of Available Homes for Sale is down about 20% percent over last year, with Pending Sales up 17.7% over last year and 3.5% over last month.  The NWMLS statistics cover 19 counties in Western and Central Washington.  The 5498 pending sales is the greatest volume since July of 2007.  The lowest number of sales was 2432 in December 2008, at least partially impacted by the severe weather.

For the 4 county Puget Sound area, Pending Sales jumped 21.5% from a year ago.