Foreclosure Prices Fall In Southern California
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 
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Foreclosure sales are dominating the Southern California market which in turn is forcing house and condominium prices down by as much as 23 percent. MDA DataQuick revealed the median price dropped from $348,000 to $268,000 a year ago.
For the regions of Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura, San Bernardino and Orange counties the number of homes sold increased almost 19 percent in the last 12 months to 24,104.
John Walsh, Dataquick’s president said: “There’s still quite a bit of distress out there. Even if we are at or near bottom, history suggests we could bounce along that bottom for quite a while.”
A total of 43 percent of sales were foreclosures whereas in June it was 45 percent, and during the February peak 57 percent. Homes priced at and above $500,000 made up 20 percent of transactions, compared with 15 percent in March.
As more employers cut jobs thanks to the recession in the more expensive coastal areas, home values are likely going to fall too.
MDA Dataquick analyst Andrew LePage said during an interview: “Sellers are getting more realistic. It looks like prices are coming down.”
All six counties experienced price falls. Leading the sorry pack is San Bernardino with a 39 percent drop. The median house price is now at $140,000. In Riverside it fell by 29 percent to
$185,000, 20 percent to $321,000 in Los Angeles, 12 percent to $320,000 in San Diego, 11 percent to $375,000 in Ventura, and 9 percent to $420,000 in Orange.
A massive 47 percent drop was recorded in the July median price since its peak during spring and summer of 2007.
Source: Bloomberg
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2 Responses to “Foreclosure Prices Fall In Southern California”
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dubai properties Says:
September 3rd, 2009 at 8:25 amAfter this recession as started the property price as come down dramaticaly .
In dubai also the price as come down
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spc702 Says:
September 19th, 2009 at 10:39 pmThe situation here in southern Nevada is just like that of S Cali…
