For Santa Barbara Real Estate’s Carpinteria Real Estate/ Summerland Real Estate area the Median Scales price for the 1st month of the year for Home and Estates/PUDs was $1,615,000 and for January 2006 it was $1,142,500. This is a 9.4% rise from year to year. Looking at the Median List price for 2007 it’s been only $895,000 as compared to the 2006 Median List price of $1,995,000. This is a whopping 57% difference year over year. This number is definitely an anomaly and will close dramatically very shortly.
The gap between the current Median Sales price of $1,615,000 and the current Median List price for the entire inventory of $1,179,000 is $472,500. This means that the gap between the two prices is 36%. This is a very interesting number because the List Price is way below the Sold Price telling me that the Prices will continue to fall at least through the first part of the year.
The fact to keep in mind is that for the Carpinteria Real Estate/ Summerland Real Estate areas there were only 5 properties sold so all the numbers are very volatile at this time. And the Average Days on the Market, which is the time from when the properties were listed and when they went into escrow for those 5 was 50 days. With the Days to Close or the escrow period being 52, which gives us a total Marketing Time of 102 days.
For Santa Barbara Real Estate’s Carpinteria Real Estate / Summerland Real Estate area for the 1st month of the year for Condos the Median Sales price was $460,000. This can be compared to the 2006 figure of $460,000. The gap between the current Median Sales price of $460,000 and the current Median List price for the entire inventory of $460,000 is $0. The Median List price for 2007 is $589,000 compared to t he Median List price for 2006, which was $715,000.
The gap between the Median Sales price of $460,000 and the Median List price $589,000 therefore is 28%. Again, just like with Home and Estate/PUDs the numbers are very premature and will start moving around quickly.