June 09, 2008

Goleta North from 1/1/08 to 5/29/08 compared to ’07 for the same period for the Santa Barbara Real Estate area

The Condo market for the Goleta Real Estate North area of Santa Barbara the inventory is down by 22% compared to ’07 but the numbers of new listings is down by only 14%. The percentage of escrows is down by just 10% in the Goleta North area but percentage of completed escrows is down by 40%. Hopefully this 40% decline is because condos are staying in escrow longer and a significant number of those properties will complete the sales process. The average sales price for Goleta North condos has dropped 9% to $497,262.

For Home Estates in the Santa Barbara Real Estate area of Goleta North the total numbers of listings is only 2 fewer than this time last year and the numbers of new listings is down by 3%. The percentage of the homes which entered escrow in the area is down by just 6% and miraculously the numbers of sales is up by 1%. The average sales price has dipped by 21% however down to $999,913.

The PUD market for the Santa Barbara Real Estate area of Goleta Real Estate North the total numbers of listings is down 33% from 15 last year to 10 this year. But the numbers of new listings is off only 20% showing 10 last year compared to 8 this year. Interestingly the numbers of escrows is down a similar 20% from 6 last year to 4 this year and the numbers of sales is 10% from 5 last year to 4 this year. The average sales price has dipped by 8% to $821,000.

Posted by gandlwoods at June 9, 2008 07:36 AM