WinnipegREALTORS® Press Release; July 6, 2012

WINNIPEG – After a spectacular May when sales went over 1,600 for the second time in WinnipegREALTORS®MLS® sales history, June sales and dollar volume activity settled down in comparison.  Even for previous Junes when sales in the past five years have surpassed 1,500 June 2012 fell back under the 1,500 mark. However a new June dollar volume record was still set eking out a slight gain over last June.

Based on a ten-year running average for June sales, 2012 sales are still very respectable with 3% more sales activity. The best June in 2008 of 1,564 sales is only better than 2012 by less than 5% so there is a lot to be said for consistency in the month of June.

New listings coming onto the market in June showed a 4% improvement over last June with close to 2,000 new listings. The overall inventory of 3,357MLS® listings is up by a 1% margin over 2011 for this time of year. 

JuneMLS® unit sales were down 2% (1...