If you have been following my blogs about Survivor Real Estate Waco, you are no doubt waiting to see who won. But first a recap. (Hey, I have to drag it out like the reality shows do). We started with 22 agents in my Keller Williams office. Each had to put in $10. Each week for 6 weeks we were given a challenge to complete. Call 10 expireds, then send them thank you notes, yadda yadda. If you didn’t complete the challenge, you were out. It really ramped up the energy and excitement in my office, and most of the agents got business from it. I think the winning agent got 8.

I got knocked out in week 5. L

There were 6 people who made it all the way through. Interestingly enough, they were all women. Then everyone who had participated got to vote on the winner, then the winner was announced at our yearly office awards banquet. The winner got $440 and a t-shirt.

And the winner is…. Heather Shaw! She was the leader of her tribe. She is on the Gary Russell Team, and is the mother of 4 children. All the finalists got to give a speech saying why they should win. I wish I had a copy of her speech, because it was really good.

But anyway, Congrates Heather.

There was small drop in home sales in Waco and McLennan county this last month. That is probably due to an unusually cold February. Buyers weren’t out unless they had to be. But the good news is that the average sales price was about the same as February of last year, and the days on the market is down by a month.

In 2009 there were 142 residential properties sold with an average of 166 days on the market. The average list price was $135,000 and the average sold price was $128,200

In February of 2010 there were 120 homes sold with an average list price pf $133,000 and an average sold price of $128,000 and an average of 130 days on the market.

There were 6 Farm and Ranch properties sold with an average days on the market of 228. The average list price was $248,200 and average sold price was $242,700.

There were 9 lots or pieces of land sold with an average of 522 days on the market and an average sold price of $37,300. I think this might be because a lot of builders chose to sell the lots they had no plans to build on in the immediate future.

There was 1 commercial property and 1 multi-family property sold.

Here is a further breakdown of residential sales by price:

0 to $50,000 = 15

$50 to $75,000 = 17

$75 to $100,00 = 18

$100 to $125,000 = 20

$125 to $150,000 = 16

$150 to $200,00 = 15

$200 to $250,000 = 7

$250 to $300,000 = 5

$300 to $400,000 = 4

$400,000 and up = 1