September Residential Highlights

  In September, sales activity in Clark County continued to exceed totals from the same month of the year prior.

  Compared to September 2008, pending sales rose 33.4% and closed sales increased 20.2%. New listings, on the other hand, dropped 10.4%.

  When comparing September 2009 with August 2009, closed sales rose 2.4% (470 v. 459), while on the other hand pending sales dropped 1.4% (583 v. 591). New listings fell 6.3% (819 v. 874).

  At the month's rate of sales the 3,560 active residential listings would last approximately 7.6 months, down from 12.7 last year at this time.