Here are the May numbers from all Woods Bros offices, including Lincoln, Seward, York, Beatrice and Grand Island:

• $50,979,448 Total Volume Sold (Up 10% over prior year)
• 357.05 Total Sides Sold (Up 14% over prior year)
• 178 Sides Placed Under Contract
• 528,587 Page Views on WoodsBros.com
• 47,164 User Sessions on WoodsBros.com
• 1,525 Visits to Facebook.com/WoodsBros

 You can see statstics on the entire market in our Monthly Market Snapshot.

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Thane Jensen and Angela Stueckrath

Woods Bros Realty Lincolnshire agents Thane Jensen and Angela Stueckrath competed Saturday in the 2010 Havelock Charity Run, sponsored by Pinnacle Bank.

Jensen and Stueckrath were part of The A-Team, which raised $50 plus a matching $50 private donation for the People’s City Mission. Each team member ran 10 kilometers (6.2) miles in the Havelock area of Northeast Lincoln. Their team placed 14th out of 25 teams in the Mixed 10K Division with an average time of 56:14.

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Vladimir

From one of the winning nomination forms:
“Vladimir Oulianov deserves to be recognized as the Top Agent in Lincoln because of his dedication to growth in the city and to energy efficiency. Since joining Woods Bros Realty in 2002, he has helped hundreds of people buy and sell homes. In 2009, he sold nearly $12 million in volume, and he was recognized as the 2007 Woods Bros Realtor of the Year and has been named to Lincoln’s Top 40 Under 40. Vladimir represents several local builders who have taken Lincoln’s new construction market by storm. Each of them builds a home that uses less of the Earth’s resources and saves home buyers money on their utilities. He is a hard worker with no paid assistant. He relies only on his colleagues and the support staff at Woods Bros Realty and the Country Club office for assistance. He’s organized and supportive of other Realtors and deserves to be named Best Agent in Lincoln.”

The Journal Star collected nominations from the public for the Top Agents award and selected five finalists, from which they chose Vladimir as the overall winner. Nanci Burchess-Smith, also of the Country Club office, was one of the five finalists.

Other Woods Bros agents receiving nominations were:

• Brenda Farrington
• Sandra Harder
• Joanne McCoy
• Brenda Mesloh
• Kent Obrist
• Jenee Pekarek-Agbo
• Kelly Shandera
• Mike Thomalla
• Mark Tvrdy
• Sandy Wacker

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Courtesy of RealtyTrac

Statewide foreclosure filings down 47 percent from March
Monthly foreclosure activity in Nebraska decreased in April, down 47 percent from the previous month to 277 properties with foreclosure filings. This latest state total also represents a 135 percent year-over-year increase in foreclosure filings from April 2009, according to the latest RealtyTrac^® U.S. Foreclosure Market Report.

“Nebraska foreclosures fell nearly 50 percent in April,” said James J. Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac. “The largest decline was in default notices, which dropped 68 percent for the month. The state currently holds the third lowest unemployment rate in the country and had higher-than-average home sales during 2009.”

Nebraska ranked 45^th in the country in total foreclosures reported for the month. With one in every 2,839 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing, its foreclosure rate ranked 45^th among the 50 states.

Saline County posts top foreclosure rate for April
Saline County posted the highest county foreclosure rate in Nebraska for April, with one in every 1,158 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing — 2.5 times the state average. Douglas County came in second, with one in every 1,260 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing — 2.3 times the state average. Saunders County was third, with one in every 1,529 housing units receiving a foreclosure filing — 1.9 times the state average.

Douglas County led the state in total foreclosures for April
Douglas County led the way, reporting 170 properties with foreclosure filings for the month. Lancaster County came in second highest, documenting 27 properties with foreclosure filings. Reporting 17 properties with foreclosure filings for the month, Sarpy County ranked third highest. Cass County was fourth, reporting six properties with foreclosure filings, while Saunders County came in fifth, reporting 6 properties with foreclosure filings.

State contributes less than 1 percent to nation’s month foreclosure total
Nebraska accounted for less than 1 percent of the 333,837 properties with foreclosure filings reported nationwide in April. Total U.S. activity declined more than 9 percent from the previous month and was 2 percent below the level reported in April 2009. One in every 387 U.S. housing units received a foreclosure filing during the month.

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