Everyone's going to wake up and see the glut of empty retail space. The warehouse retail big box concept has evolved since 1993 and could potentially make the downtown office vacancy rates look small in comparison.
Yes, we appear to be seeing the cracks in our housing market here as well....credit woes? Keep those TIF's iffy?
Metropolitan Tulsa home sales plunge in November
By ROBERT EVATT World Staff Writer
1/1/2008
Last Modified: 1/1/2008 3:15 AM
Home sales fell significantly in November, plunging 17 percent from the month before. They also were 11.3 percent lower than November 2006.
Ron Sumner, president of the Greater Tulsa Association of Realtors, which released the data Monday, said the sharp decline was a surprise.
“The numbers were down more than we thought they would be, but I’d tie that to a glut of bad national news in August and September that worked its way through the market,” Sumner said in a phone interview.
November’s average and median prices fell from the previous month as well, though November’s median remained 2.5 percent above a year earlier.
Sumner said December’s numbers should hold steady, since the number of pending contracts for November didn’t decline as sharply as the number of closings.
In stock
In addition to prices and closings, home sales associations usually track the home inventory, which is the sum total of all homes offered for sale at any time during the month.
Taking inventory
Tulsa’s inventory is typically many times greater than home closings. November’s inventory, for example, was 8,270, down from the 8,720 in October but up from the 7,776 in November
Figures refer to the sale of existing homes in the metropolitan market.
NOVEMBER 2007 NOVEMBER 2006 OCTOBER 2007
Total units sold 895 1,009 1,078
Pending contracts 892 907 1,052
Average price $150,203 $151,467 $151,017
Median price $125,500 $122,400 $125,750
Homes on the market 6,432 5,968 6,621
Total value $134,432,068 $152,830,100 $162,796,626
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