Kitsap County Market Statistics for April 27, 2009

The increasing trend of newly written contacts we've seen over the past three weeks came to an end this past week as the number decreased.

• Number of new purchase contracts written - 46


• Number of new contracts that were short sales or foreclosures - 11 (24%)


• Number of recorded sales in Kitsap County - 32


• Number of sales that were short sales or foreclosures - 7 (22%)


• Number of active listings in Kitsap County - 1,749


• Absorption rate for Silverdale - 86 weeks


• Absorption rate for Kitsap County - 55.9 weeks

Taken together and in context, our markets aren't experiencing any changes so far this year.