September 30, 2009

Montecito from Jan. 1 through Sept. 24 comparing ’08 to ’09 for the Santa Barbara Real Estate area

In the Montecito Real Estate area of Santa Barbara Real Estate for the Condo Market the total numbers of properties available through September 24 is down by 2 with the numbers of new listings up by 1. With the listings about equal the numbers of escrows is down by 53% with a total of 6 and the numbers of sales is down by 10 with a total of 4. As you’d expect with this small amount of activity the total sold volume is down by 84% with the average sales price falling by 45%.

In the Single Family Home market for the Santa Barbara Real Estate area of Montecito Real Estate the total number of listings are up by 14% with the numbers of new listings up by just 4%. With the listings about equal the escrows are down by only 6% with a total of 117 but the numbers of sold properties is down by 18% with a total of 103. The overall sold volume is down by 33% but the average sales price has fallen 18% for the year.

For the PUD market in Montecito there have been just 4 listings this year which is 1 more than we had last year. There have been just 3 new listings for both years and only 1 escrow opened in both years with 1 sale for each year. The overall sold volume is down 53% with the average sales price also falling by 53%.

Posted by gandlwoods at September 30, 2009 09:35 AM