by Calculated Risk on 8/28/2020 01:39:00 PM

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
	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