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Lansner on Real Estate Update: Insider Q&A: The new DataQuick dude
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An estimated 32,163 new and resale houses and condos were sold statewide last month. That was down 24.0 percent from 42,293 in October and up 25.7 percent from 25,578 for November last year. Sales have increased on a year-over-year basis the last five months. California sales for the month of November have varied from last year's low to a peak of 60,326 in 2004, the average is 40,592. MDA DataQuick's statistics go back to 1988...... full story
Bay Area home sales decelerated in November but beat the year-ago mark for the third consecutive month. The allure of discounted foreclosures continued to drive sales in affordable inland markets, which helped push the median sale price down to its lowest point since former President Bill Clinton was in the White House. ... full story
Southern California home sales outpaced last year for the fifth consecutive month in November, when 55 percent of buyers in the resale market chose repossessed homes. The abundance of discounted foreclosures helped push the median sale price down a record 35 percent from a year ago... full story
The number of mortgage default notices filed against California homeowners fell last quarter for the first time in three years as a change in the state’s formal foreclosure process took effect. If that procedural change hadn’t kicked in during early September, indications are that third-quarter default filings would have been about the same as the record number filed in this year’s second quarter... full story
Bay Area home sales soared last month above the record-low levels of a year ago, marking the largest gain in over six years. The median sale price did the opposite, diving to $400,000 – 40 percent below its summer 2007 peak – as more sales shifted to lower-cost inland markets laden with foreclosures... full story