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The 1Q 2010 Long Island Market Overview that I author for Prudential Douglas Elliman was released today.

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An excerpt

>…After reaching a two-year high of 5,935
sales in the prior quarter, the number of sales fell
35.7% to 3,814 sales in the first quarter of 2010,
which was 32.8% above the 2,872 sales in the
same quarter last year. The rise in the number
of sales over the past year resulted in a modest
decline in listing inventory. There were 20,902
listings in the first quarter, down 8.9% from
22,942 listings in the prior year quarter, but 7.5%
higher than 19,450 listings in the prior quarter.
The uptick in listing inventory and decline in sales
resulted in a rise in the monthly absorption rate—
the number of months it would take to sell out
existing inventory at the current pace of sales.
The absorption rate was 16.4 months, down from
24 months in the prior year quarter, but higher
than the 12.9 average monthly absorption rate for
the past 5 years…

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