California Home Sales and Prices Drop

Nov 16, 2018

Single-family homes and condos sold for a new record high median price of $270,000 in the third quarter

Existing, single-family home sales is California totaled 397,060 in October on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate, a 3.8 percent increase from September but a 7.9 percent drop from one year earlier, according to data from the California Association of Realtors (CAR).

The statewide median home price in October was $572,000, down 1.2 percent from the previous month and up 4.7 percent from the previous year. Statewide active listings were up by 28 percent from October 2017—last month marked the seventh consecutive month of increased listings. But there was also a smaller inventory: 3.6 months, down from 4.2 months in September.

“Homebuyers continued to put their homeownership plans on hold in October and wait out the market,” said 2019 CAR President Jared Martin. “With mortgage rates at seven-year highs making homeownership more expensive and home prices beginning to flatten, this phenomenon will likely continue for the near term as buyers wait for further price adjustments and for interest rates to stabilize.”

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