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- From: hamachi@adobe.com (Gordon Hamachi)
- Subject: Real Estate News Summary, Part 132
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.183904.12125@adobe.com>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:39:04 GMT
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- Real Estate News Summary, Part 132, October 1992
-
- 1042.Homes in California increasingly sell for less than they were bought for.
- Here are percentages of sales at a loss for May, June & July in 3
- successive years: [San Francisco Examiner]
-
- 1990 1991 1992 Median loss
- Los Angeles 2.3% 8.6% 17.6% $16,000
- Orange 5.3% 15.3% 26.0% $19,000
- San Diego 3.2% 8.8% 15.6% $14,500
- Riverside 3.5% 7.6% 13.2% $10,000
- San Bernardino 2.0% 5.7% 10.4% $10,000
- Ventura 5.6% 10.5% 19.4% $24,500
- All Southern California 3.2% 9.4% 17.5% $15,500
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- San Francisco 1.8% 10.5% 16.2% $20,000
- Alameda 1.5% 7.7% 11.1% $13,500
- Contra Costa 1.1% 9.3% 11.7% $15,000
- Santa Clara 3.5% 10.4% 16.9% $16,500
- San Mateo 2.6% 13.4% 21.4% $18,250
- Marin 0.5% 12.5% 17.2% $18,000
- Solano 5.8% 3.7% 13.1% $ 9,000
- Sonoma 0.9% 6.2% 17.8% $ 9,500
- Napa 1.6% 3.0% 10.0% $ 7,500
- Bay Area Total 2.2% 9.5% 15.0% $15,391
-
- 1043.A real estate market with falling home prices is hell for sellers and
- their agents. Nearly 600,000 existing homes sold in California in 1988,
- but in 1992 we'll probably sell just 430,000. If a property doesn't draw
- any offers after 6 weeks of intensive marketing, good agents recommend an
- immediate, significant price reduction. Those who delay in a falling
- market are just increasing the pain. [San Francisco Examiner]
-
- 1044.A new survey by Fitch Investors' Service shows that even if the state's
- economy continues to deteriorate, and unemployment rises by 50%, housing
- prices in San Francisco should only fall another 8%. In Los Angeles
- prices could fall by as much as 18%. [San Francisco Chronicle]
-
- 1045.Existing single-family home sales slipped 1% in September for the second
- month in a row, while rising interest rates and persistent consumer
- uncertainty in October have wiped out chances that the fall selling season
- will end with a bang. The August rate was also revised downward, to a 4%
- decline from July. The median national sales price in September was
- $103,200, down 1.3% from August. Recent increases in mortgage rates have
- slowed sales over the past few weeks. [Wall Street Journal]
-
- 1046.California home sales in September fell 3.6% compared with a year earlier
- but increased 0.5% over August. The statewide median price stood at
- $196,500, up 0.6% from August but down from $197,800 a year earlier.
- [San Jose Mercury News]
-
- 1047.Spurred by lower prices and lower interest rates, Bay Area home sales rose
- a strong 11.5% year-over-year in September. Experts warn it may not be
- sustainable because sales a year earlier were particularly weak. Sales
- volume slipped 0.1% from August, and the median price fell 0.9%. Consumer
- confidence in the Bay Area is about as weak as it was in January 1991.
- [San Francisco Chronicle]
-