Sellers had a 9% chance of selling a home in Kirkland in August, 2008.

(Click on the link above to see a chart with Kirkland’s real estate trends for the last few years.  The chart shows trends for Kirkland, south of NE 116th St.)

August, 2008        498 homes for sale,  47 sales, 9% chance of selling.

July, 2008              508 homes for sale, 51 sales, 10% chance of selling.

June, 2008             491 homes for sale, 81 sales, 16.6% chance of selling.

August, 2007         386 homes for sale, 55 sales, 14% chance of selling.

So far, the peak of activity in Kirkland real estate sales has been in June of this year.  July and August’s performances were fairly similar, about 5-6% below the month of June.  Both inventory and sales declined in August from July, but only by a small margin.

For a complete update on Eastside real estate, check out my eastside blog post.