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Summit County Real Estate Ends Year With A Bang

Summit County real estate sales ended 2019 with a big bang.  Dollar sales rose 27 percent to  $181.6 million while transaction volume increased  29 percent to 230 sales.  While transaction volume was essentially flat with November of this year, dollar … Continue reading

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November Up in Both Transactions and Dollars

In November Summit County real estate sales saw a gain in transaction volume versus a year ago for the second month in a row.  The pattern for most of the year has shown positive comparisons on a dollar basis but … Continue reading

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Familiar Pattern Returns

Real estate sales in Summit County this year have followed a steady pattern of lower transaction volume but higher dollar sales.  In July that pattern was broken with increases in both categories but August returned to the familiar design.  While … Continue reading

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July Sales Rebound

After a very weak June, Summit County real estate sales rebounded in July.  Transaction volume in the month rose 3 percent ahead of the year ago level.  It was up 21.8 percent from the prior month with 218 sales. As … Continue reading

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June Sales Take a Dive

June was a tough month for Summit County Real Estate sales as both transactions and dollar volume experienced sharp declines from the June 2018 levels.  The number of residential sales declined 28.1 percent from a year ago and were off … Continue reading

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Sounding Like A Broken Record

The pattern of Summit County real estate sales is starting to sound like a broken record.  Once again in April, transaction volume fell. Dollar sales still managed to eke out a year over year gain.  In April 2019, total residential … Continue reading

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February shows split market

The Summit County real estate market continues to exhibit Jeckell and Hyde tendencies.  Once again while we saw year over year gains in dollar volume, the number of sales once again declined.  For February,  sales totaled $104.7 million, a 17 … Continue reading

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November Sales Flat

Although showing a normal seasonal decline from October, Summit County real estate sales in November were essentially flat with the levels of a year ago.  Dollar volume fell 15.8 percent from October to  $153.8 million.  However, that level was up … Continue reading

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October Falls Short

Dollar volume for Summit County real estate activity picked up in October versus September but transactions were down.  Both categories fell short of October last year.  Dollar sales for the month totaled $182.7 million vs $161.9 million in September but … Continue reading

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September Sales Stay Positive

After what appeared to be a major surge of activity in August, real estate sales in September declined dramatically month to month but maintained single digital gains over a year ago. Transaction volume in September was off 19 percent from … Continue reading

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