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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Home Inventory Stabilizes in February

From Realtor Magazine Online, Daily Real Estate News March 11, 2008

The inventory of homes for sale in major metropolitan areas grew just 1.2 percent in February, according to ZipRealty, a national brokerage doing business in 29 major cities.

The inventory was up 17 percent from February 2007 in 18 metropolitan areas for which ZipRealty has comparable year-earlier data.

Here’s an alphabetical list of the increases and decreases in February 2008 compared with January 2008:

Baltimore: -0.6
Boston: +3.7
Chicago: + 2.7
Dallas: -0.2
Houston: +0.7
Las Vegas: -4.4
Los Angeles: -0.4
Miami-Fort Lauderdale: +0.9
Minneapolis: +4.4
Orange County, Calif.: +0.1
Orlando, Fla.: -0.3
Phoenix: +0.6
San Francisco Bay: +4.8
Sacramento, Calif.: +2.7
Seattle: +5.4
San Diego: +1.4
Tampa, Fla.: -0.1
Washington, D.C.: +2.7

Source: The Wall Street Journal, James Hagerty and ZipRealty (03/11/08)

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