June 12, 2008

East of State St for the first 5 Months of ’08 for Santa Barbara Real Estate

For the East of State St area of Santa Barbara Real Estate for the first 5 months for Home Estate/PUDs for ’08 there have been 58 sales compared to 100 in ’07. The East Side of State St has seen the biggest decline in the numbers of sales compared to the previous year. The numbers of pending listings of those going into escrow has not fallen nearly as dramatically. For ’08 we’ve seen 73 go into escrow compared to 112 in ’07. Hopefully this means that those properties that went into escrow are still waiting to complete the sales process and not fallen out. While the numbers of sales has dropped off dramatically both the median and average sales prices have stayed rather stable. In ’07 the median was $1,152,500 and the average was $1,314,471. For ’08 the median went to $1,137,500 and the average rose to $1,264,116. The Days on the Market has risen slightly from ’07 to the current 93, but the numbers of new listings coming on the market has fallen from 201 in ’07 to the current 178.

For East of State St are for Santa Barbara Real Estate of for the first five months of ’08 in the condo market we’ve had 18 sales compared to 47 in ’07. The condos that went into escrow are not quite as dramatic with 52 going in for ’07 but only 24 for ’08. The median sales price has dropped by more than $100,000 and the average sales price has dropped about $75,000. The days on the market has remained stable with 112 for ’07 compared to 110 for ’08 but the numbers of new listings coming on the market has fallen from 72 last year compared to 57 this year. It’s definitely a tough year so far from East of State St condos.


Posted by gandlwoods at June 12, 2008 07:25 AM