Cincinnati Real Estate » appreciation http://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com Specializing in representing buyers and sellers of Cincinnati real estate, corporate relocation, and first time home buyers Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:38:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Cincinnati Housing Market Continues to Recoverhttp://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com/2008/06/cincinnati-hosing-market-continues-to-recover.html http://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com/2008/06/cincinnati-hosing-market-continues-to-recover.html#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:26:36 +0000 randalcmoss http://www.cincinnatilivingonline.com/?p=121 There is some good news recently put out by the Cincinnati Board of Realtors. According to the sales numbers the last 4 months have seen increasing home sale activity, a good indication that the housing market is beginning to recover. … Continue reading →]]> There is some good news recently put out by the Cincinnati Board of Realtors. According to the sales numbers the last 4 months have seen increasing home sale activity, a good indication that the housing market is beginning to recover. An even better secondary metric is that the overall inventory is dropping. This means that more houses are being sold than are being put on the market. Generally speaking a balanced market carries about 5 months of home inventory.

More sales and less inventory helps to return demand to a steady level. It is this relatively static demand that has given Cincinnati real estate has historically appreciated 2% each year. Although modest, it is steady and the recent positive changes in the short term market point to the fact that we will soon return to slow and steady long term appreciation.

Month 2008 Home Sales Inventory

January 1,130 13.31

February 1,334 11.32

March 1,557 9.75

April 1,636 9.49

May 1,913 8.38

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