The San Fernando Valley real estate market is reacting favorably to historically low interest rates and affordable pricing as existing single-family home sales have increased 16.2 percent in July from a year ago.
Mary Funk, President of the Southland Regional Association of Realtors states, "The numbers indicate that the market is at the bottom with sales on the upswing. Demand is increasing because people realize that what they could not afford before they probably can afford now. Come next year, people who are waiting will find that they will be paying more."
In fact the median price of a single-family home as increased a modest 1.0 percent from June to $435,000. Local experts believe that the market will remain busy and may pick up added momentum in the coming months. Pending escrows indicate future resale activity and show the market is picking up. There were 1,141 pending escrows at the end of July which is 39.2 percent higher than a year and up 1.2 percent from this June. This coupled with the fact that active inventory levels have been declining since November 2007 where the number of active listings were 7,505. As of the end of July there were 6,950 active listings. Seems like the law of economics may come to fruition as there is more demand and less supply; making way for the stabilization of the real estate market.
CHECK THE STATS FOR YOURSELF: http://www.srar.com/members/stats/summaries/2008/july/SFV.pdf
Mary Funk, President of the Southland Regional Association of Realtors states, "The numbers indicate that the market is at the bottom with sales on the upswing. Demand is increasing because people realize that what they could not afford before they probably can afford now. Come next year, people who are waiting will find that they will be paying more."
In fact the median price of a single-family home as increased a modest 1.0 percent from June to $435,000. Local experts believe that the market will remain busy and may pick up added momentum in the coming months. Pending escrows indicate future resale activity and show the market is picking up. There were 1,141 pending escrows at the end of July which is 39.2 percent higher than a year and up 1.2 percent from this June. This coupled with the fact that active inventory levels have been declining since November 2007 where the number of active listings were 7,505. As of the end of July there were 6,950 active listings. Seems like the law of economics may come to fruition as there is more demand and less supply; making way for the stabilization of the real estate market.
CHECK THE STATS FOR YOURSELF: http://www.srar.com/members/stats/summaries/2008/july/SFV.pdf
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Written by Mark Gonzales Copyright 2008
Mark Gonzales, Realtor, real estate agent specializing in marketing and selling residential homes, condos, and commercial real estate sales in Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley, Woodland Hills, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Encino, Tarzana, Calabasas. Please visit www.MarkSellsLA.com for more information.
