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Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy
I would like to know the sales numbers for the last 5 years. Was January 2008 a higher sales total than previous years? To me these kind of facts may not give the full story. Statistics can be manipulated sometimes.
An example. I can say that gas prices has plunged in the last 8 months or so. Which they have but it doesn't mention that gas prices had climbed for months before that. So now gasoline prices are simply back to where they were 4 years ago.
So are the January sales totals simply back to where they were before?
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Actually sales for January 2008 were already down (looking at single family homes).
Year Sales
2009 550
2008 1,030
2007 1,787
2006 1,762
2005 1,171