Some interesting data from housing economist Tom Lawler:
Below is a table showing July residential home sales and inventories for counties with beach resorts or, in the case of Monroe County, mountain resorts. Data are MLS based unless otherwise noted.
| Selected Transfer Payments Billions of dollars, SAAR |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Home Sales | Residential Inventory | |||||
| July-20 | July-19 | % Chg. | July-20 | July-19 | % Chg. | |
| Barnstable Co., MA (Cape Cod)* | 881 | 618 | 42.6% | |||
| Outer Banks, NC | 389 | 185 | 110.3% | 881 | 1506 | -41.5% |
| Hilton Head, SC | 709 | 503 | 41.0% | 1676 | 2321 | -27.8% |
| Sussex Co, DE (Rehoboth Beach) | 695 | 437 | 59.0% | 1614 | 2659 | -39.3% |
| Worcester Co., MD (Ocean City) | 374 | 190 | 96.8% | 634 | 1150 | -44.9% |
| Baldwin Co., AL (Orange Beach) | 895 | 649 | 37.9% | 2011 | 2875 | -30.1% |
| Monroe Co., PA (Poconos) | 418 | 283 | 47.7% | 723 | 1668 | -56.7% |
| *Based on Deeds Recorded | ||||||