As usual this time of year, brokers and agents have passed along inquiries regarding the whereabouts of the annual Year End stats and when this data will be available. The Year End aggregate data will be published within Detailed Reports for each County the week of March 2 (Note, this date had to be moved back a week due to unforeseen issues requiring additional processing time). We'll explain the reason for the publication date below (skip to the end to view the revised stats release schedule)...

MRIS has historically pulled the previous year's aggregate stats in the mid-February timeframe in order to allow for any procrastinating agents out there to submit closed transactions from last year, and RBI will be following the same schedule.

Rockville, MD - (January 13, 2011) RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI), an MRIS company, launched its inaugural RBI Pending Home Sales Index^TM [Washington, DC Metro Area], a two-year moving window on the housing market tracking pending sales and average sales prices. The results include pending sales from December 2008 through and including December 2010 in order to provide a robust scope of the local market starting at the first major dip in the current cycle. The two-year index shows housing prices are stable (after months of unsteady market conditions) and more importantly, pending sales activity is returning to normal seasonal patterns. The market area includes: Washington DC, Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, Alexandria City, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Fairfax City and Falls Church City.