All we hear right now is how horrible the housing market is performing. I don’t see that here in our area. I think the media sales rise when the news is bad, and slack off when the news is good.

This is my attempt to help the media sales slump — while giving you the real story about housing markets in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and the entire Capital Region Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS) area.

Want to know more about stats and see more graphs? Read on…

Average Sales Price for Upstate New York Residential Homes:

Residential Sales in Local Upstate New York Counties:

Total Number of Listings, By County:

There have been expected fluctuations in the real estate market in the past four years, but overall the trend is increased sales and improved sales prices over 2004 figures. I think these speak volumes about the quality of the market here and the trend that continues to improve overall in the last four years.