U.S. Census Bureau
 Survey of Market Absorption of Apartments (SOMA)



Second Quarter 2004

Table 7. Characteristics of Condominium Apartments Completed During the
         Fourth Quarter of 2003 and of Those Sold Within 3 Months (Revised)
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                    9,200     1,380        100      (X)        76       4.2

Units selling for:
Less than $125,000            1,000       470         11      4.5        74      15.0
$125,000 to $149,999          1,500       320         17      3.0        49       9.9
$150,000 to $199,999          1,200       200         13      2.7        75       6.2
$200,000 to $249,999            700       100          7      1.4        86       6.0
$250,000 to $299,999          1,200       400         13      3.2        85       6.1
$300,000 or more              3,600       740         39      4.4        84       3.5
Median asking price       $257,400   $19,620         (X)      (X)  $275,400  $20,490

Units with:
Fewer than 2 bedrooms         1,000       180         11      2.2        58       8.5
2 bedrooms                    5,400       870         58      5.2        76       4.7
3 bedrooms or more            2,800       780         31      5.6        83       3.9

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



Go to Detailed Tables for Second Quarter 2004 Absorptions
Contact Alan Friedman at 301-763-3199 or mail to alan.friedman@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