Sales of single-family homes in the Berkshires fell 37.1 percent in January as 78 were sold last month compared with 124 in January 2022, according to The Warren Group of
Single-family home sales in the Berkshires dropped 19.5 percent in April on a year-over-year basis, according to the Warren Group of Peabody, which tracks state real estate transactions.
Sales of single-family homes in Berkshire County increased 6.1 percent in February on a year-over-year basis, according to the Warren Group of Peabody, which tracks state real estate transactions
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PITTSFIELD â Several aspects of the Berkshire economy floundered last year because of COVID-19, but the market for real estate soared.
Low interest rates, an exodus of people fleeing urban areas to rural settings because of COVID-19, and the realization that people could work just as productively remotely created a sales bonanza in the Berkshires last year.
The countyâs entire real estate market rose 21 percent, with $794 million in total-dollar transactions last year, according to figures from the Berkshire County Board of Realtors, which tracks local Realtor-assisted transactions.
The dollar volume for single-family home sales increased by 60 percent in 2020 from the previous year, to $655 million, with 2,344 total sales, the highest number since the organization began tracking those numbers 26 years ago.