The statistics are all in double digits around the Abilene Board of Realtors these days. Home sales are up 11 percent over last year and the total volue has risen 15 percent over the first 10 months of 1997. In October alone, sales were up 11 percent and dollar volume 10 percent. The homes are moving quickly with 37 being sold in the first month they were on the Multiple Listing Service, and only 29 had been on the market for more than four months, according to statistics released this week by the Abilene Board of Realtors. The economy is good.
Interest rates are low.
The current inventory is a little higher than normal, probably because owners are seeing other houses moving, he said. E.W. Scripps Publications , All Rights Reserved. Site users are subject to our User Agreement . We also have a Privacy Policy .