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Tacoma and South Puget Sound Real Estate Blog
Friday, April 11th, 2008
Posted by Devona Wells @ 12:41:48 pm
Here's a look at March home sales activity in 17 areas around Pierce County, according to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.
All but Anderson Island, with one home sold, had fewer sales last month than the same month in 2007. Countywide, sales for houses and condos declined 32.9 percent.
The smallest drop by percentage? Eatonville. The biggest? Browns Point.
| Area | March | Change |
| Anderson Island | 1 | N/A | Bonney Lake/Lake Tapps | 109 | -27.3% |
| Browns Point | 13 | -63.9% |
| DuPont | 33 | -44.1% |
| Eatonville | 38 | -2.6% | Fife/Sumner | 36 | -55% |
| Gig Harbor | 66 | -35.3% | Lakewood | 33 | -19.5% |
| Parkland | 37 | -39.3% | Puyallup | 192 | -21.6% |
| Roy | 10 | -37.5% |
| Spanaway | 57 | -21.9% |
| Tacoma, Central | 26 | -42.2% | Tacoma, North | 49 | -40.2% |
| Tacoma, South | 46 | -22.0% | Tacoma, Southeast | 33 | -44.1% |
| UP/Fircrest | 25 | -51.9% |
Categories: Sales activity
