Nah, I’m not Kelley. Just didn’t wanna post it without the source. You never know in these lawsuit-crazy days…

LOL, I’ll fix that right away. Like I care.

You are right, unless new construction is in the MLS and usually those are spec homes those transactions are not contained in the report.

This means there is a lot more homes actually being sold in Tucson than indicated since there have been a lot of new construction closings this past year.

4. One of my biggest pet peeves is when my name is misspelled. There’s two E’s in both names, people: kEllEy koEhlEr. Ironically, my middle name is pronounced ‘lee’ but is spelled “Leigh.”

http://www.mytucsonblog.com/

You didn’t say anything about the closings on new houses. They don’t affect the numbers, do they? The houses in construction, unless they’re inventory homes, are not being counted as active listings on the MLS, correct?

LOL to your last statement. There are a lot of agents who now have real estate as a second carrier and are on to something else to pay the bills.

It is either the carrot or the cattle prod, to bad for most it has to be the prod.

Geez, you really rub it in don’t you now you have to thank the chick on my blog : ) You know I’m laughing here. Kelley is always welcome and so are you.

I didn’t expect miracles. Besides, I already saw them on the housechick’s blog. Should’ve thanked her. Since she reads here, too, I’ll use the opportunity – thanks, housechick!

You’re right that a lot of things contribute to deceiving stats… For instance, I don’t think the situation in the SE is much better. The closings there lately have been mostly on new houses. Now that I’m thinking about it, though… the houses in construction were never listed on the MLS as being active, were they? Only some inventory homes get listed.

As far as this

There is now a fine up to $15,000 if status changes are turned in more than 48 hours after they occurred. This is a good thing.

Yeah, it’s a good thing. That’s how human nature works – many times we don’t put our act together before being slapped on the hand. This is a pretty good slap, so I expect it to work, unless you guys make way too much money to care.