June 15, 2008

Goleta South for the first 5 Months of ’08 for Santa Barbara Real Estate

For the Santa Barbara Real Estate area of Goleta Real Estate South for the first 5 months of ‘08 for the Home Estate/PUD market we’ve seen 34 sales compared to 39 for ’07. Both areas of Goleta have seen sales that more closely match those numbers posted in the previous year. The really good number is that pending sales are actually ahead of the ’07 level. So far in ’08 we’ve had 41 homes go into escrow compared to 39 for ’07. The median and average numbers have come down this year but really no more than in other areas of Santa Barbara. For ’07 the median sales price to this point in the year was $867,500 and in ’07 it’s at 782,500. The average sales price went from $1,045,192 in ’08 to $969,470 in ’08. The days on the market have lengthened by almost a month going from 56 last year to the current 83 but there are fewer new listings this with 79 compared to the ’07 number of 93.

For the Santa Barbara Real Estate area of Goleta Real Estate South for the first five months of ’08 in the Condo market there have been 29 sales compared to 33 for ’07. Just like with Home Estate s in the area the numbers for Goleta South are much closer to the ’07 numbers than the other districts. The numbers of homes which have gone into escrow are not quite as good as Home Estates with 31 this year compared to 37 last year. We’ve seen a big drop of $100,000 in the median sales price for ’08 compared to ’07 but the decline in the average sold price has not been nearly as dramatic. This year the average has been $570,327 compared to last year when it was $536,825. The days on the market has dipped this year from 85 in ’08 to the current 64 but the numbers of new listings hasn’t dropped nearly as much with 55 new listings coming on the market for ’08 compared to 61 in ‘07

Posted by gandlwoods at June 15, 2008 06:31 AM