california home sales: California Home Sales, April 2012 - 06/10/12 01:45 AM
California Home Sales, April 2012
Okay so here's the April information for housing in California.  Now, bear in mind that these are statewide statistics and as we all know, real estate is local, down to the neighborhood, not even as big as the city the home is in. I get this information from DQ News which is used widely in the real estate community, but you can go onto their site at any time and check the city reports regarding housing prices under CA City Charts.

Overall, there was a 2% increase from March in home sales statewide combining both new and used homes. … (4 comments)

california home sales: California Homes Sales - February 2012 - 03/21/12 05:38 AM
California Homes Sales - February 2012
Okay, so, the DQ News February Home Report has been released.  The California Home Report for February is quite interesting.  Now remember, all real estate is extremely local at this time - even down to the neighborhood.  While this report is statewide but still gives an great picture of what's actually happening in California.  
Approximately 29,630 condos and houses were sold in February.  Is that good you ask?  When compared with January that figure is up 5.4%.  However when compared with February of 2011, that's up 8.5%. This figure combines existing homes and new homes together.  More than … (1 comments)

california home sales: California Homes Sales - January 2012 - 02/23/12 03:26 AM
California Homes Sales - January 2012
Okay, so, the DQ News January Home Report has been released.  The California Home Report for January is quite interesting.  Now remember, all real estate is extremely local at this time - even down to the neighborhood.  While this report is statewide but still gives an great picture of what's actually happening in California.  
More than 28,000 condos and houses were sold in January.  Is that good you ask?  When compared with December that figure is down 25.5%.  However when compared with January of 2011, that's up 1.5%. This figure combines existing homes and new homes together.  More … (2 comments)

california home sales: California Home Sales in November 2011 - 01/10/12 04:57 AM
California Home Sales in November 2011
Okay, so a bit late due to the holidays, but never the less, here it is.  Your California report for November.  
According to DQ News, the home sales completed were down 4.2% from October 2011 and up 4% from November 2010.  we could assume that this means we are on the roller coaster of an uphill run.  What I mean by that is that year over year we are trending upward, but the last month was higher so we are going up and down still from month to month at this point.  Foreclosures and … (0 comments)

california home sales: California Home Sales in August 2011 - 09/22/11 06:24 AM
CALIFORNIA HOME SALES, AUGUST 2011
Okay, so I was looking at an article, (reading requires brain participation and I think my brain is on vacation today) in DQ news about the home sales in CALIFORNIA for August 2011.  The good news is that August was up from July by 8.8%!  Things are looking up, although it seemed like the slowest summer on record.  It was also up 10.2% from last August.  The article suggested that home prices are continuing to decline with the median sales price being $249,000 which was down from July by 1.2% and last August by 4.2%  

In the … (4 comments)