Observations of a Healthier Real Estate Market
Two more early indications of a healthier real estate market for the Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties is an increase in activity from our appointment center and on our website, michaelsaunders.com.
The MS&C appointment center, which sets up property showings between other area company’s agents and their buyers and listings represented by Michael Saunders & Company experienced an increased call rate of 30% for the first four months of 2009 (compared to the same period in 2008). Even more promising is that the call rate grew as the year progressed, with a 34% rise in April. More remarkable is the fact that the volume of calls are at levels exceeding any experienced in the company’s history – including the peak selling years of 2004 and 2005.
Likewise, web traffic to michaelsaunders.com rose 37% for the first four months of 2009 over the same period last year. We also saw a big increase of international traffic to the site. Our top visitors outside of the United States came from: Canada up 23%, United Kingdom up 18%, Germany up 26%, Netherlands up 72%, France up 11% and Switzerland up 25%.
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