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April Summit County Real Estate Has Strongest Gains This Year

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Eric Buck

April real estate sales in Summit County posted the strongest year over year gains in both transactions and dollars thus far in 2015. Transaction volume, at 153 sales, was up 31% besting the 26% gains seen for the first three … Continue reading →

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Summit County real estate sales just keep on coming.

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Eric Buck

March extended the string of double digit Summit County real estate sales gains to five months running. Transactions in the month rose 25% year-over-year to 149 and were up 41% from the month of February. The gains in dollars sales … Continue reading →

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The Summit County market is hot – but uneven

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Eric Buck

February is typically one of the weaker months of the year for Summit County real estate sales and this year saw the normal seasonal drop. Sales in the month totaled $50.3 million dollars down 24% from $66.5 million in January. … Continue reading →

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Summit County real estate off to strong start in 2015

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Eric Buck

Summit County real estate got off to a strong start in January showing double digit gains in both transaction and dollar volumes. Dollar sales increased 28 percent to $66.5 million, the strongest January dollar volume since 2008. Transaction volume increased … Continue reading →

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Multiple offers

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Eric Buck

While we don’t see it often in our market, multiple simultaneous offers do happen and buyers and sellers are sometimes confused on what rules apply when they do. In such a situation, it’s the seller that calls the shots. First … Continue reading →

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November generates strong gains in Summit County real estate.

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Eric Buck

Summit County real estate sales posted strong gains in the month of November even against a strong 2013 month. Transactions for the period increased 19% to 203 while dollar sales were up 16% to $93.3 million. That was on top … Continue reading →

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Summit County Real Estate sales post modest gains.

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Eric Buck

Summit County real estate sales showed modest gains in both dollars and transactions in the month of October. For the month, transaction volume increased 5% versus a year ago to 252 sales. Dollar sales increased 6% reaching $117.5 million. Year-to-date, … Continue reading →

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August falls short of tough comparisons

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Eric Buck

Nominally, August looked like a rough month for Summit County real estate sales as transaction volume dropped 6% and dollar volume fell 16% from the year ago period. Digging a little deeper, however, shows that it wasn’t this August that … Continue reading →

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May bounces back strongly

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Eric Buck

Summit County real estate sales staged a strong recovery in May after an April slump. May dollar volume rose 13% over the 2013 month which itself had been up 18% from 2012. Sequentially, dollar volume rose 53% to $91.6 million. … Continue reading →

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April sales soften but prices rise

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Eric Buck

Real estate sales were essentially flat with March but declined in both dollars and transaction volume versus the year ago period. Transactions fell 13% to 117 and were down by 2 sales from the 119 this March. Dollar volume fell … Continue reading →

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