December 24, 2007

’07 through 12/20 for Montecito Days on the Market plus ’06 to ’07 cumulative numbers

Through the middle of December ’07 for Montecito Real Estate we’ve seen 175 Home Estate/PUDs close escrow. This number is exactly 10 properties ahead of where we were in ‘06. This interesting part of this number is that along with an increase in sales we’ve also seen an increase in the Median Sales price from $2,690,000 in ’06 to $2,900,000 in ’07. The Original List Price to Sales Price ratio is almost exactly where it was last year. In ’07 it has been 90.78% and in ’06 it’s been 90.86%. The Days on the Market for the homes that sold in ‘07 stands at 103 and in ’06 it was 98. The market for the upper end properties has continued to expand but has slowed slightly from ’06. With both the Median Sales price and Numbers of Sales increasing Montecito is still a very good place to buy a house..

For Condominiums in Montecito Real Estate there have been 24 sales in ’07 as opposed to 21 for the same time period last year. The Median Sales price for ’07 is $1,225,000 compared to the $1,655,000 number of ’06. This is a fairly large drop in the Median Sales price and is only counter balanced by the increased numbers of sales. The Original List Price to Sales Price ratio o 89.64% for ’07 shows a willingness on the part of sellers to deal more aggressively on the price compared to the 92.29% mark of ‘06. The Days on the Market is only 3 higher for ’07 as opposed to ’06 which means sales are taking about as long as they did last year.



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Posted by gandlwoods at December 24, 2007 08:26 AM