According to the Pacific Business News Home sales on Oahu were up in January 2010, compared to January 2009. There were 162 single-family homes sold, compared to 122 homes sold last January… a 33 percent increase. Great news, but then again, everything is relative… according to a Star Bulletin article published a year ago, experts called January 2009 “very weak” for single-family home sales.

Here’s how the numbers stack up over a 3-year span:

Sales dropped in March, but the median price of single family homes rose to $600,000, up 8.1 percent from February.  According to the president of the Hawaii Board of Realtors, Oahu’s market is weak and slower conditions are expected to persist until Hawaii’s economy recovers.

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オアフ島住宅売高沈没
3月の売高は落下、しかし一軒家の中央価格は前月の2月に比べて8.1%上昇の$60万ドルに上がった。　ハワイ不動産協会の会長はオアフ島の住宅市場はハワイの経済状態が回復するまではこのまま低迷で速度を落とすと見られている。

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PBN reported that new home sales fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 331,000 in December. That’s down nearly 15 percent from a revised 388,000 annual rate in November. December’s total was the lowest on records dating back to 1963.

１２月の住宅売り上げ１９６３年来の最低記録
PBNのレポートによると１２月の時点でアメリカでの住宅売り上げ数は３３万１千件という事がわかった。　その数値は１１月の３８万８千件に比べて１５%ほど減少。１２月の合計は１９６３年来の最低記録。