As of Monday October 24, 2011, the median price for a single family residential home in Carlsbad has begun to trend up to $711,950, with an average of 145 active days on market.  While Carlsbad home prices have now moved above the $700K point, the days on market have held fairly steady.  We need to see days on market begin to trend down to create more stability in pricing.  While Carlsbad home price action has been essentially flat, and there doesn't seem to be a strong pull in either direction, both the 90 day and 7 day averages have recently touched the $700K price point, which would create a double bottom if prices can hold at this level.  In addition, the seven day moving price average just recently crossed the 90 day average, which could be…

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Southern California’s real estate market remained geared towards home buyer's in the month of September. Prices have trended down slightly over the last couple of months, but it appears that prices over the last few weeks have stabilized, at least temporarily.  We are hopeful this trend will continue and establish a floor for Carlsbad home prices.

As of Sept 22, 2011, the median price for a single family residential home in Carlsbad held at $699,900, with an average of 144 active days on the Carlsbad real estate market.  While home prices have held just below the $700K point, the days on market are beginning to climb; which is not a receipe for continued pricing strength.  While Carlsbad home price action has been essentially flat,…

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With home prices falling, buyers are looking for a neighborhood that has a greater likelihood of…

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Southern California’s real estate market remained geared towards home buyer's in the month of August, despite relatively strong demand from investors and others paying cash for homes. Prices have trended down slightly over the last couple of month, but many potential home buyers appear to still be on the sidelines and may still be waiting for a bottom in prices or a relaxing of the mortgage guidelines to allow more people to qualify for homes.

As of August 26th, 2011, the median price for a single family residential home in Carlsbad fell to $699,900, with an average of 131 active days on the Carlsbad real estate market.  In addition, there were 51% of the active MLS listings that had price reductions, just slightly less than last week,…

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As of August 10th, 2011, five new Queen Anne homes came on the market last week, with an average list price of $722,090.  There are currently 96 Queen Anne homes for sale, at an average selling price of $1,162,657 and average days on market of 106.  There are currently no short sale or bank owned homes in Queen Anne.

Next, we want to looking at pending homes.  There are currently 13 homes in Queen Anne at "pending inspection", with an average price of $843,658 at 147 days on market.  This is Queen Anne real estate that is currently under contract and going through the home inspection process.  Next we look at Queen Anne homes that are "pending", at an average price of $970,822, with an average days on market of 152.  With some of the lower priced…

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This week we are going to examine the Vintage area homes in Sammamish.  As of August 10th, 2011, there are 17 homes for sale and 2 condos in the Vintage area.  These Sammamish homes have an average price of $568,574, while the average price for a condo is $114,975, with an average days on market of 128.  There are currently four Vintage short sales and zerp bank owned homes in this area.

Next, lets take a look at the pending real estate in the Sammamish Vintage neighborhood.  There are two primary classifications of pending properties, the first being "pending inspection".  There are currently 5 homes in Vintage & Renaissance Ridge at pending inspection, at an average of $455,170 and 29 days on market.  Next, we have 4 homes sitting at "pending", with…

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As of August 9th, 2011, the median price for a single family residential home in Carlsbad fell to $699,995, with an average of 127 active days on the Carlsbad real estate market.  In addition, there were 51% of the active MLS listings that had price reductions, just slightly less than last week, showing a continued pressure on home prices.  While Carlsbad homes for sale action has been essentially flat, and there doesn't seem to be a strong pull on home prices in either direction, both the 90 day and 7 day averages are showing a downward trend.  Based on this market action, housing inventory appears static, with currently active MLS listings sitting at 15935 total residential & condo properties available on the San Diego MLS.  

Carlsbad homebuyers still…

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As of August 3rd, 2011, there are 151 listings in Sammamish 98074.  These Sammamish homes have an average price of $673,111, and an average days on market of 119.  There are currently 14 Sammamish short sales and 7 bank owned properties in the Sammamish zip of 98074.

Next, lets take a look at the pending real estate in 98074.  There are two primary classifications of pending properties, the first being "pending inspection".  There are currently 9 homes in 98074 at pending inspection, at an average of $501,050 and 114 days on market.  Lastly, we have 28 homes sitting a "pending", with an average of $574,630 and 55 days on market.  These homes have most likely passed all contract contingencies and are waiting for final loan docs in order to move toward…

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The number of single family homes on the market in Sammamish is pretty much static when compared to a year ago. Statistics from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service for March report 637 active single family home listings compared to 653 a year ago. Pending sales, or homes with deals inked last month, were down almost 25 percent from 2010, with 160 homes going under contract. However,the median sales price of $509,990 is up 4.51 percent from last year's $488,000. "There's a couple of factors at play," said Scott Bobson, broker/owner of Sammamish Realty. "There's a lot more buyer confidence, and we're seeing the upper end really start moving which is moving the median price…

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