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Second Quarter 2004

Table 6. Characteristics of Condominium Apartments Completed During the
         First Quarter of 2004 and of Those Sold Within 3 Months (Preliminary)
Not Seasonally Adjusted

(Privately financed, nonsubsidized, unfurnished, condominium apartments
in buildings with five units or more.  Data regarding number of bedrooms
and asking price are collected at the initial interview, i.e., 3 months
following completion.  Details may not sum to totals because of rounding.
Medians and percents are computed using unrounded data.)

                             
                             Total
                            condo-               Per-               Per-
                            minium               cent               cent
                            apart-                 of               sold
                             ments  Standard    total   Standard  within  Standard
                          completed   error*    units     error* 3 months   error*

U.S. Total                    8,600    1,170        100     (X)        79      4.4

Units selling for:
Less than $125,000              800      360         10     3.7        65     20.9
$125,000 to $149,999            900      190         11     2.1        72      6.4
$150,000 to $199,999          1,200      190         15     2.5        80      3.3
$200,000 to $249,999            800      130          9     1.5        87      4.1
$250,000 to $299,999            800      360         10     3.9        67     15.7
$300,000 or more              3,900      870         46     6.9        84      4.3
Median asking price        $278,800  $19,620        (X)     (X)  $293,700  $25,100

Units with:
Fewer than 2 bedrooms           653      140          8     1.3        72      8.9
2 bedrooms                    4,500      650         53     3.3        81      3.7
3 bedrooms or more            3,400      620         40     4.1        78      7.4


* One standard error (68-percent confidence interval)
X Not applicable. 



Go to Detailed Tables for Second Quarter 2004 Absorptions
Contact Alan Friedman or Venus Anderson at 301-763-3199 or mail to alan.friedman@census.gov or Venus.K.Anderson@census.gov for further information on the Survey of Market Absorption of Apartments Data.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: November 15, 2004