{"id":447,"date":"2012-01-28T15:28:43","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T20:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.jpfco.com\/dir\/?p=447"},"modified":"2013-07-23T12:43:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T12:43:06","slug":"what-the-numbers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jpfco.com\/dir\/what-the-numbers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"What the numbers say…"},"content":{"rendered":"

As of today, there are:
\n-432 active listings compared to 435 one year ago.
\n-52 listings with accepted offers or purchase and sales agreements compared to 43 one year ago. Lower inventory, albeit not much, and more deals must be signs of an improving market. <\/p>\n

There is also noticeably more activity on Island this winter than the past three or four winters. I do not have any hard facts to support that, but I do have an all-telling sign; the owner of one of the main fast-food places on the Strip told me that he has not been able to take a vacation this year because his place has been so busy and that his customers are primarily contractors.<\/p>\n

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Another sign of a strengthening Nantucket economy, my brother and I had one of our spaces on Centre Street become vacant on 1\/1\/12. We did a little advertising. 15+ inquiries and two weeks later, we signed a long-term lease. <\/p>\n

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As long as we don’t have another major shock to the system, I think we’ll have a good year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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