DOVER — The third quarter real estate activity numbers from Strafford County Registry of Deeds do contain a few grains of good news, but only a few — and the overall conclusion is that the local real estate market is still in poor health.
Local real estate sales for September came within an inch of matching last year’s sales and, while down 17.5 percent from August, this is a big improvement from the 26 percent drop comparing the same two months in 2008. The average selling price of $243,069 was off 8.1 percent from last year but improved 6.9 percent from the previous month. Results for the third quarter are much improved over …
After more than two years of real estate industry turmoil with the housing and financial market crashes, record foreclosures and a deep economic recession, there is hope that the market is making a turn.
