Orange County’s homebuying rebound continued in September with sales hitting a pace not seen since 2005. A study done by DQNews (a service that provides home sales and mortgage statistics for the U.S.) shows a market fueled by historically low interest rates, coronavirus-led urges for more space, and a limited inventory for house hunters to choose.
Some of the single-family-home data released for September 2020 is as follows:
- Median Sales Price: $875,000 (up 10.8% over 2019)
- Homes Sold: 2,417 (up 30.6% over 2019)
Zillow reported for the week ending October 17 in Los Angeles and Orange Counties:
- Newly pending sales: Up 4.2% vs. in 2019
- 12 days, escrow from listing vs. 24 days in 2019
- Inventory: down 24% over 2019
- Median list price: up 13% over 2019
Market snapshots of median list prices for individual communities:
- Costa Mesa: $943,000
- Huntington Beach: $819,000
- Irvine: $749,000
- Laguna Beach: $1,297,000
- Newport Beach: $2,230,000
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