Now that we are more than half way through August it is time to take one last look at the morbid month of July residential unit real estate sales for our Great Smoky Mountain Association of Realtors:

As you can see the month of July did not fail to disappoint us! In fact, it was the worst July in many years in terms of the number of Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge/Sevierville/Seymour area homes sold.

It’s much too early to be sure but August doesn’t look to be any better than July. In fact, barring a US Olympic Swim Team style finish it looks as if August residential unit sales will actually be lower than July’s. This is particularly remarkable as historically August sales are among the highest of the year. We’ll have to wait and see but watch this blog for the information as soon as it is available (right around the first of September).