Absorption Rates – February 2012

"Almost There!!"

EXTRA! EXTRA!  The market is showing slow signs of recovery and looks like it’s returning to “normal” is some areas. If you don’t beleive me, look at the absorption rates below!
Absorption rate are a calculation of supply and demand. Absorption rate is calculated by dividing the total number of active sales by the number of homes sold in a month. The resulting answer let’s us know how many months it will take to sell the entire inventory of homes. I love numbers and have started to calculate the absorption rate for the DC Metro Area, more specifically, I will be focusing on Northern Virginia since that’s my area of expertise and state of licensure.

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