by Calculated Risk on 4/12/2007 05:53:00 PM
Thursday, April 12, 2007
DataQuick on Bay Area, CA: Home prices up, Sales Still Slow
From DataQuick: Bay Area home prices up, sales still slow
The median price paid for a Bay Area home moved up in March, regaining much of the decline since last summer even as sales remained at the lowest level in 11 years, a real estate information service reported.Different month, same story. Falling demand and rising supply will probably start impacting the median price soon.
The median price paid for a home in the nine-county Bay Area was $639,000 last month ... up 2.1 percent from $626,000 for March last year, according to DataQuick Information Systems.
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A total of 8,317 new and resale houses and condos were sold in the Bay Area last month. That was ... down 19.6 percent from 10,343 for March last year.