Hot off the press, the 2012 Year-End Windwalker Research Report is available! For the period ending December 31, 2012, there were 473 transactions totaling $814 million in sales. This represents an impressive 42% increase in the number of transactions and a 57% increase in dollar volume from 2011. In December alone there were 67 properties that changed hands for a total of $135 million, the highest number of monthly transactions and dollar volume for 2012, and the best month, as measured by transactions, since October 2005. The chart below illustrates the strength demonstrated by the fourth quarter of 2012 (187 transactions for $334 million) in comparison to the previous three years. To find a stronger quarter, one would have to look all the way back to 4Q04, when 218 transactions closed for $375 million. To read more about what energized the 2012 Nantucket real estate market, click here to find the full report.
















