January 03, 2009

Goleta South from 1/1/08 to 12/25/08 compared to ’07 for the same period for Santa Barbara Real Estate area

The Condo market for the Goleta Real Estate South area of Santa Barbara the numbers of properties available is off by 23% for the year with the numbers of new condo listings even farther at 35%. With that dramatic a drop in the inventory it’s amazing that the numbers of escrows is down by only 12% and the sales off by 18%. It’s been a tough year everywhere for condos but not quite as bad for Goleta South. The sales are down by 22% but the average sales price is down by only 5%. But the overall sold volume has declined by 22%.

For Home Estates in the Santa Barbara Real Estate area of Goleta Real Estate South the inventory is up by about 5% for the year compared to ’07 but the numbers of new listings is down by about 7%. The big push is in the numbers of escrows for the area which is up by 34% with the sales up by 20%. With all this increase in the numbers of units sold the overall sold volume has fallen but only by 2%. But the average sales price has declined by about 20%.

The PUD market for the Santa Barbara Real Estate area of Goleta Real Estate South has the inventory for the year down by 20% with the numbers of new listings off by 35%. This drop in the numbers of units to sell leads to a drop in the numbers of escrows which are down by 44% as are the numbers of sales. With the average sales price down by 33% we see a drop in the overall sold volume of 63%.

Posted by gandlwoods at January 3, 2009 08:08 AM