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Pasadena California Real Estate Market Report for October 2008

By
Real Estate Broker/Owner with Pasadena Views Real Estate Team, Inc. BRE# 000872112

Here's the latest and greatest report for Pasadena's real estate market inclusive of statistics going back to August 2008.

Pasadena's real estate inventory of homes has decreased in October to 127 units overall - inclusive of single family residences, condos and townhomes.  It is not surprising as folks are getting ready for the holiday season and in the natural annual cycle of real estate, we expect to see less inventory to choose from.  The sales have closed strongly in October at 117 units.  Next month, we will see a marked decrease in this number as evidenced by the decline in the Pasadena home buyers going into escrow in October.

This month, I was able to catpure the median Pasadena home sales price and will be adding that information to all future reports.  Median home sales prices provide a more accurate picture since the median signifies that 50% of Pasadena homes sold for more and 50% of these homes sold for less.  Hope that you will find it useful.

Market Action Indicator for Pasadena's real estate is currently in the buyer's zone though not strongly so.  The 90-day Market Action Index stands this week at 22 so buyers should expect find reasonable levels of selection.  Inventory levels have been relatively consistent relative to sales.  Despite the fact that there is a relatively high amount of available inventory, this Buyer's market is still seeing prices move higher.  Given inventory levels, these price conditions are relatively fragile.  If the market cools off further, the price trend is likely to reverse.

 

Pasadena Real Estate Market Action Index October 2008

The highest sold home in Pasadena for October was at 485 South Grand Avenue, a 4 bedroom/4 bath luxury estate with 6,000 sq. ft. on a 24,345 sq. ft. lot which sold for $4,300,000 at 95.56% of its asking price.

The lowest sold home in Pasadena for October was 476 East Mountain Street, a 1 bedroom and 1 bath with 624 sq. ft of a 2,580 sq. ft. lot whcihc sold for $233,000.  This home sold over its original asking price of $226,900.

Overall, October's single family residences sold at 95.20% of their asking price.

 

Housing Market Statistics for Pasadena California for August 2008 through October 2008:


Single Family Residence Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08
New Listings 80 78 72
Total Listings 325 341 303
Sales Pending 43 95 61
Homes Sold  69 59 71
Listings Expired 36 59 54
Average Days on the Market  133 115 141
Average Price Per Sq. Ft. $407 $396 $411
Average Selling Price $923,986 $751,228 $811,092
Median Selling Price $657,000 $655,000 $620,000
Absorption Rate (# of weeks to sell current inventory at present rate of sales) 20.4 25.0 18.5




Condos Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08
New Listings 31 46 43
Total Listings 136 156 165
Sales Pending 9 38 26
Homes Sold  27 21 31
Listings Expired 22 35 16
Average Days on the Market  115 121 135
Average Price Per Sq. Ft. $397 $445 $401
Average Selling Price $515,896 $459,540 $442,758
Median Selling Price $399,500 $350,000 $415,000
Absorption Rate (# of weeks to sell current inventory at present rate of sales) 21.8 32.2 23.1




Townhomes Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08
New Listings 11 16 12
Total Listings 57 69 68
Sales Pending 6 18 3
Homes Sold  13 15 15
Listings Expired 4 12 10
Average Days on the Market  111 130 72
Average Price Per Sq. Ft. $385 $358 $347
 Average Selling Price   $ 597,477  $ 512,933  $ 544,820
Median Selling Price  $ 539,000  $ 500,000  $ 519,900
Absorption Rate (# of weeks to sell current inventory at present rate of sales) 19.0 19.9 19.6

Data compiled from ITEC (Pasadena Foothill Association Multiple Listing Service).

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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Irnina - a thoughtful analysis on your Pasadena market. Sounds like things are still in flux, with mixed news over the last few months. I suspect this will continue in many areas.

Jeff

Nov 24, 2008 02:37 PM
Patty Luther
RE/MAX Rock-n-Roll Realty - Lewiston, ID
Lewiston ID Real Estate, Idaho-Washington

good information...I have a friend that owns a home down there he has rented it out for almost 20 years now...he thought he might move back there...but I don't see that happening now...I will forward this info to him.

Nov 24, 2008 04:12 PM
Lynda Eisenmann
Preferred Home Brokers - Brea, CA
Broker Associate ,CRS,GRI,SRES, Brea,CA, Orange Co

Hi Irina,

Great job on your report, it should be helpful to Pasadena home buyers and sellers. The over-view is very clear and easy to understand.

Nov 24, 2008 04:29 PM
Irina Netchaev
Pasadena Views Real Estate Team, Inc. - Pasadena, CA
Pasadena CA Real Estate

Jeff, Patty, Lynda,  thanks so much for stopping by and thanks for your feedback!

Dec 01, 2008 02:33 PM