December 26, 2008

Hope Ranch and the Gap between Median Sales and Median List Prices for 1/1/2008 to 12/17/2008 for Santa Barbara Real Estate

For Santa Barbara Real Estate’s Hope Ranch Real Estate area the Median Sales price for Home Estate/PUD market through December 17 is $2.85 million with 19 sales compared to last year when the median sales price was $3.275 million with 34 sales. This translates to a 13% decline in the median sales price and about a 40% decline in the numbers of units sold. In most places a median sales price of $2.85 million would be a time of great joy but in Hope Ranch it’s a big come down.

Looking at the gap report for Hope Ranch this year the median list price of $3.195 million compared to the median sold price of $2.85 million gives us a gap of about 11%. That’s pretty darn close when compared to other area. But last year at this time the median list price was $2.895 million whereas the median sold price was $3.275 million which gave us a positive gap of about 13%. That means that the sales price was 13% above the asking price.

For Santa Barbara Real Estate’s Hope Ranch Real Estate area for the period of Jan.1 through April 15 for Condos there was no activity.


Posted by gandlwoods at December 26, 2008 08:39 AM