NEW RIVER VALLEY

JULY - SEPT 2009

GREATER NEWRIVER VALLEY, VA

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3Q 2009 Real Estate Market Report

The point of these quarterly reports is simple … everyone’s a real estate expert, or they know someone who knows someone who’s a real estate expert, and real estatehas been quite the topic of conversation for a while. The numbers reflect the realstory of what’s happening out there, and this is an attempt at making sense of it all.The data included here is pulled direct from the

New River Valley Association of REALTORS (NRVAR) Multiple Listing Service

, and is considered accurate, but notguaranteed. It includes statistics from the greater New River Valley area, includingMontgomery County, Floyd County, Giles County, Pulaski County, and the City of Radford.

3Q 2009 New River Valley Market Report, NRVLiving Real Estate

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Creative Commons Copyright License

, which means you’refree to share it in its entirety, provided you attribute the information direct toJeremy Hart and NRVLiving Real Estate. Please do share it! Just don’t forget tomention where you found it.If you’d like to discuss this in moredetail, or would likehave further questions,please call emailinfo@NRVLiving.comand we’ll try to help.In most cases, average statistics are used, but occasionally median values are used(and noted). Additionally, this report looks only at detached and attached residentialreal estate – it is not taking into account multi-family, land, or commercial sales. If you’d like further information regarding these other market sectors, emailinfo@NRVLiving.comand we’ll compile what we can for you.

3Q 2009 New River Valley Market Report, NRVLiving Real Estate

The See-Saw That’s Been 2009

NRV MARKET200920082007

# of Sold306308410Sold Price$192,989$206,228$218,785Days on Market10810599

When looking at the above table, a two-year decline in # of Sold properties and averageSold price - when combined with an

increase

in overall Days on Market - doesn’t appear to be a positive market trend (at least, not for a Seller). Overall the market appears to betrending positive, however, led by an available supply of homes, low interest rates, andgovernment-sponsored stimulus bills; it is safe to say we won’t know for certain theimpact of these factors until mid-to-late 2010.

2009 – The year of the up and the down.

Don’t watch thenews, here are the highlights. Foreclosures are on the rise,millions have turned the keys over to the banks, and pricesare falling. Some properties are taking years to sell, if they’re selling at all, and the sounds of new homes beingconstructed has been reduced to the sound of a lonely,solitary hammer.Yes … that was the best I could do with the word imagery.Looking around the New River Valley though, one sees a very different picture.Rosy?Not in the least, but certainly better than what we’re seeing nationally. For the thirdquarter of 2009, there’s an interesting pattern emerging – compared to the same timeperiod in 2008, prices are down 6.5% and yet the total Days on Market (DOM) is nearlyidentical, while the List to Sale ratio (how much a property listed for vs. how much it soldfor) is actually up 1%. There’s certainly nothing statistically overwhelming about a onepercent increase in List to Sale, although I think it’s reflective of an increase in buyer activity and overall stability in the market.