La Habra, California Home Sales Report for March 2009. La Habra, CA 90631 is located in North Orange 
County,California.
This marketing report will provide you an overview of the residential real estate activity as compared to prior months in La Habra for both single family homes and condominium sales.
If you're a home buyer or a home seller it's essential you have an understanding of today's real estate market when it comes to market conditions in pricing and inventory.
For Home Buyers: It's important to begin the loan process in advance of your home search. Once approved you normally have greater strength in negotiating prices.
For Home Sellers: It's about positioning vs. pricing. Getting ahead of others is crucial for a timely sale. That's right, pricing ahead of the competition, including foreclosures/bank owned properties.
Single Family Home Sales:
- 90 homes were for sale, the lowest number we've seen in a year, as you can see compared to 120/136/128/153/180/129/149/153/182/216 prior months.
- 26 pending sales in escrow during the month, and compared to prior months of 30/36/20/19/34/24/18/25/34/37 pending sales.
- 41 homes closed March, up from last month and compared to 30/42/14/25/26 in prior months.
- $359,000 was the average closed sales price for March (compared to $393,000 for Feb.) with an average size of 3 bedrooms 2 baths and 1,580 square feet, with an average days on the market of 51.
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Condominium Sales:
- 56 condo/town-homes were for sale, also lowered than the recent past, with numbers of 65/63/65/71/72/63/82/83 in prior months.
- 9 pending sales (in escrow) in escrow, compared in 7/18/7/6/12/23/11/6/5 for prior months.
- 11 closed, down from last month last month and compared to 18/8/11/10/3/8/10 in prior months.
- $193,600 (last month it was $207,800) was the average closed condo price of 2 bedrooms and 2 bath condo at 1,105 square feet, with an average of 13 days on the market.
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If you are thinking of selling your Orange County home consider this:
- 84% of all home buyers begin today with the Internet for their home search.
- 80% of Orange County is on-line.
- The average age in Orange County is 36 and I don't know of a "thirty something" person in Orange County who is not on line.
- For the maximum on-line marketing exposure contact me Lynda@PreferredHomeBrokers.com
La Habra is well known for the lively Children's Museum, click here to see more, on this fun place. We've been there many times ourselves 
with our family, it's always a great time for the kids of all ages. If you're interested in learning more about La Habra check out Living in La Habra, and see why La Habra is a city with a heart.
Want to know more about La Habra Real Estate? Contact me Lynda@PreferredHomeBrokers.com, view Preferred Home Brokers and see why we're one of the longest established independent brokerages in Orange County under the same ownership.
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~ Data Source: So Cal MLS
ll the prior commentators are right. You do a magnificent job to show buyers and sellers what's going on on the market at this time. I am sure that's one of the reasons your clients chose you to represent their needs.
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Lynda - this is a wonderful post, with good information, thoughtful impressions, and advice for both buyers and sellers. As always you demonstrate that you are the go-to REALTOR in the La Habra real estate market.
Jeff