Wrapping up 2014 on the Upswing … 2015's Looking Mysterious
The numbers are in for the year of 2014 in residential real estate sales in Garland County, Arkansas, and it’s been a good year! Compared to the year before, the total residential sales volume is up 5% over the same period of last year. Our team was blessed to have a fantastic year as well. We helped our customers buy and sell 33 homes totaling almost $11 million in transaction value last year. Around 75% of our business came from either repeat or referrals, and we truly appreciate those of you who have helped us make our business a success! As we start off another new year, it’s a time of goal setting and predictions. While reviewing many of the predictions for real estate by economists, we thought the news release on December 9, 2014 by Fortune was interesting. “At a recent panel discussion on the 2015 real estate market, the chairman of Standard and Poor’s Index Committee, David Blitzer, was asked to describe what the market will look like in one word. His answer?