REAL ESTATE
GILBERT SUN NEWS AN EDITION OF THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | JUNE 16, 2019
Sales went gangbusters in May, trend continues GSN NEWS STAFF
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ay set new records for home sales in Gilbert and the rest of the Valley and June is continuing the ride, analysts say. “The month of May 2019 was a monster. New all-time records were set for sales units and dollar volumes through ARMLS, surpassing not only 2018 but the bubble year of 2005,” declared the Cromford Report, which closely analyzes the Phoenix metro housing market. And June is well into another strong month, especially for sellers, it said. The report found that May saw 10,466
homes and condos sold in the Valley – “the largest unit sales count we have ever measured for a calendar month,” the Cromford Report said. “The previous record high was 10,345 which was set in June 2011 at the height of the REO feeding frenzy,” it added, referring to lenders’ big sell-off of homes that were underwater. Dollar volume for May was $3.65 billion – exceeding the record of $3.35 billion set in May 2019. “The previous high was $3.245 billion set in June 2005 at the height of the real estate bubble,” the
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