December 31, 2008

East of State St from 1/1/08 to 12/25/08 compared to ’07 for the Santa Barbara Real Estate area

For Condos in the Santa Barbara Real Estate area of East of State the total numbers of properties for sale this year is down by 13% and the numbers of new listings is down even farther at 16%. But all that looks like good news compared to the numbers condos that went into escrow which is down by 41% with the numbers of sales down by 40%. These numbers are despite the fact that the average condo price has fallen by 25% giving us an overall volume decline of 55%.

The Home Estate market for the East of State St area of Santa Barbara Real Estate the total numbers of listings is down by just 5% with the numbers of new listings declining by 13%. With the fall in the inventory you would expect a drop in the numbers of escrows and that number is down by 15% with sales falling by 20%. But with all this negative news the average sales price has fallen only 5% on the East Side of Santa Barbara but the overall volume is down by 24%.

There’s not a whole lot of activity in the PUD market on the East Side of Santa Barbara Real Estatebut last year there were 9 total listings compared to this year when there are 12. The new listings are down however from 8 last year to 7 this year. The good news is that escrows are up by 4 for a total of 6 and sales are by 3 for a total of 5. That increase in activity gives us a 159% rise in activity with only a 3% rise in the average sales price.

Posted by gandlwoods at December 31, 2008 08:43 AM