Kirkland real estate-February, 2009

February, 2009              318 homes for sale       24 homes sold     7.5-8%  chance of selling a home.

February, 2008              328 homes for sale      45 homes sold       13% chance of selling a home.

February, 2008, was the strongest month to sell a home in Kirkland during all of 2008.

****Kirkland real estate statistics are now in a new format.   As we all know, a picture or a graph paints a clear picture, and, in this case, it’s Kirkland real estate activity. The chart above shows the real estate activity for Kirkland single family homes from December, 2007 through February, 2009.

(pended homes are those that received an offer, but the sale has not closed yet)

The number of homes for sale is beginning to creep up, typical of our yearly cycle of real estate activity.  There are ten less homes on the market than last February.  However, the number of homes that sold this February is about half  the number sold last February.

In this market, if you plan to sell, beat the competition with a competitive price and a professionally photographed and staged home.   The homes that meet these criteria are those that will fall into the percentage that sell each month.