Final real estate stats confirm 2009 not stellar year

Northern Colorado real estate agents struggled to move houses between buyers and sellers in a year that was marked by down numbers across the board.

Loveland-based Information and Real Estate Services, a multiple-listings service that compiles real estate statistics for the region, recently released final stats for 2009 that showed the number of homes sold in all three main regional markets – Fort Collins, Loveland-Berthoud and Greeley-Evans – was down from 2008, with the Loveland-Berthoud market down most at 6.7 percent.

Fort Collins home sales were down 5.1 percent, while Greeley-Evans home sales were down only 2 percent. Sharon…