Gloom and doom reared its ugly head as real estate sales reports declared a 2.7% drop  in August, however, if you read between the lines the data isn’t as disappointing as one would think.  The two biggest highlights of Passaic County and Ringwood, NJ real estate sales in August were:

  • August sales were up 3.4% compared with August 2008.
  • August 2009 had the second highest sales figures of 2009

Hand in hand with the negative news is more positive news, mortgage rates dropped again last week leaving 30 year rates hovering at 5.04%.  There is still time for Ringwood, NJ  first time buyers to take advantage of the first time home buyer tax credit and lobbyists are hard at work trying to get the tax credit extended, as well as amended to include all home buyers.  And, compared to the same period one year ago, the Ringwood, NJ median home sales price decreased 1.3%, but the number of home sales increased 34.4%.

The reality of realty is that while the recession may be over or nearing its end, recovery does not happen overnight.  Ringwood, NJ real estate sales are improving with dips in data here and there.

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