Sep 26 2008

California Housing Prices Down 41%: Examining the Summer Selling Season and Future Trends

What a difference a year makes.  In May of 2007 the median price for a California home was $595,000.  Today the median price stands at $350,140, a drop of 41% from the peak.  The drop in itself is stunning but what is more amazing is the speed in which this correction has occurred.  The previous […]

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Sep 10 2008

Total California Housing Inventory 159,898: Or is it Higher? Foreclosures and Playing with Actual Inventory Numbers.

Many readers to this site know that I am fascinated with trying to get an actual overall housing inventory number for the state of California.  Conflicting reports, REOs, and inventory that doesn’t show up on the MLS makes it very difficult to get a handle on what is going on in the market.  We do […]

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