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- Existing, single-family home sales totaled 398,880 in December on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate, down 1.0 percent from November and up 7.4 percent from December 2018.

- December’s statewide median home price was $615,090, up 4.3 percent from November and up 10.3 percent from December 2018.

- For 2019 as a whole, sales of existing statewide homes were down 1.2 percent from 2018.

January 22, 2020 - LOS ANGELES  -  Tight housing inventory tamped down the benefits of the lowest interest rates in years and held back California home sales in December, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF Image result for goldrushcam California Association of RealtorsREALTORS® (C.A.R.) said last week. Meanwhile, the median home price recorded the second highest price of the year and its largest year-over-year increase since May 2014.

Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California totaled a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 398,880 units in December, according to information collected by C.A.R. from more than 90 local REALTOR® associations and MLSs statewide. The statewide annualized sales figure represents what would be the total number of homes sold during 2019 if sales maintained the December pace throughout the year. It is adjusted to account for seasonal factors that typically influence home sales.

December’s sales total was down 1.0 percent from the 402,880 level in November and marked the first time in six months that sales fell below the 400,000 benchmark. Still, sales were up a solid 7.4 percent from December 2018’s revised 371,410 figure. For the year 2019, annual home sales fell for the second consecutive year to a preliminary 397,910 closed escrow sales in California, down from 2018’s pace of 402,640. 

“Despite a sales slowdown at year-end, home sales were up from a year ago as interest rates remained low. It’s important to note, however, that the increase was due partly to low housing demand in the prior year,” said 2020 C.A.R. President Jeanne Radsick, a second-generation REALTOR® from Bakersfield, Calif. “Looking ahead, low rates should continue to provide support to the market as buyers have become more motivated to get back into the market, and home sales in California should see an improvement at the start of the year.”

The median price was up 4.3 percent from November’s $589,770 to $615,090 in December and climbed 10.3 percent from $557,740 in December 2018. The year-over-year price increase was the largest since May 2014 and the first double-digit price increase in more than five-and-a-half years. The statewide median home price for the year as a whole was $592,450, an increase of 4.0 percent from a revised $569,480 in 2018.

“With housing supply dropping to the lowest level in nearly seven years, California experienced an unusual jump in its median price at the end of the year when the market is supposed to cool down,” said C.A.R. Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Leslie Appleton-Young. “While low rates have been fueling demand in the second half of 2019, supply constraints continued to put a drag on the market and undercut the positive effect of low rates. The surge in price is a byproduct of the imbalance between supply and demand as market competition continues to heat up.”

With prices rising faster in recent months while supply continued to shrink, home sellers’ optimism improved both month-over-month and year-over-year. According to a monthly Google poll conducted by C.A.R. in December, slightly more than half (56 percent) believe it is a good time to sell, up from 51 percent a month ago, and up from 48 percent a year ago. Many buyers, however, remain uncertain about the current housing market conditions as only one-quarter of respondents (25 percent) believe that it is a good time to buy now, slightly higher than last year (22 percent), when interest rates were more than 100 basis points higher.

Other key points from C.A.R.’s December 2019 resale housing report include:

  • At the regional level, non-seasonally adjusted sales rose on both a monthly and annual basis in all major regions. On a yearly basis, sales in the Central Coast increased the most at 42.4 percent, followed by the San Francisco Bay Area (16.0 percent) and Los Angeles (15.6 percent). The Inland Empire and Central Valley rounded out the remaining regions with annual increases of 13.3 percent and 11.6 percent, respectively. Forty of the 51 counties tracked by C.A.R. experienced year-over-year sales growth.
  • At the regional level from a price perspective, median prices increased from last year in all regions except the Central Coast, with Southern California up the most at 10.0 percent, followed by the Central Valley (7.7 percent) and the Bay Area (6.9 percent). The median price in the Central Coast dipped from a year ago by 2.2 percent but edged up 0.7 percent from November.
  • Thirty-nine of the 51 counties tracked by C.A.R. reported a year-over-year price gain in December, with Siskiyou gaining the most at 23.3 percent from last year. Of the 11 counties that experienced a price drop from last December, Mono had the biggest decline of 26.1 percent, while the rest of the counties all had 8.3 percent or less in price loss.
  • California’s housing supply recorded back-to-back drops of more than 20 percent at the end of 2019, with active listings declining 26.5 percent in December after a 22.5 percent decrease in November. December marked the sixth consecutive month of year-over-year decline in supply, and it was the largest since April 2013. The number of active listings in December was, in fact, the lowest level in nearly seven years.
  • The sharp drop in active listings and surge in year-over-year sales sharply curbed housing inventory in December. The Unsold Inventory Index (UII), which is a ratio of inventory over sales, was 2.5 months in December, down from 3.1 months in November and down sharply from 3.5 months in December 2018. The index measures the number of months it would take to sell the supply of homes on the market at the current sales rate. 
  • The UII in 39 of the 51 counties tracked by C.A.R. fell in December compared to a year ago.
  • The median number of days it took to sell a California single-family home fell from a year ago, declining from 32 days in December 2018 to 28 days in December 2019.
  • C.A.R.’s statewide sales-price-to-list-price ratio* was 98.3 percent in December 2019, up from 97.4 in December 2018.
  • The statewide average price per square foot** for an existing single-family home was $290 in December 2019 and $268 in December 2018.
  • The 30-year, fixed-mortgage interest rate averaged 3.72 percent in December, down from 4.64 percent in December 2018, according to Freddie Mac. The five-year, adjustable mortgage interest rate was an average of 3.39 percent, compared to 4.02 percent in December 2018.

Note:  The County MLS median price and sales data in the tables are generated from a survey of more than 90 associations of REALTORS® throughout the state and represent statistics of existing single-family detached homes only. County sales data are not adjusted to account for seasonal factors that can influence home sales. Movements in sales prices should not be interpreted as changes in the cost of a standard home. The median price is where half sold for more and half sold for less; medians are more typical than average prices, which are skewed by a relatively small share of transactions at either the lower end or the upper end. Median prices can be influenced by changes in cost, as well as changes in the characteristics and the size of homes sold. The change in median prices should not be construed as actual price changes in specific homes.

*Sales-to-list-price ratio is an indicator that reflects the negotiation power of home buyers and home sellers under current market conditions. The ratio is calculated by dividing the final sales price of a property by its last list price and is expressed as a percentage. A sales-to-list ratio with 100 percent or above suggests that the property sold for more than the list price, and a ratio below 100 percent indicates that the price sold below the asking price.

**Price per square foot is a measure commonly used by real estate agents and brokers to determine how much a square foot of space a buyer will pay for a property. It is calculated as the sale price of the home divided by the number of finished square feet. C.A.R. currently tracks price-per-square foot statistics for 50 counties.

Leading the way…® in California real estate for more than 110 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (www.car.org) is one of the largest state trade organizations in the United States with more than 200,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in Los Angeles.


December 2019 County Sales and Price Activity

(Regional and condo sales data not seasonally adjusted)

December 2019

Median Sold Price of Existing Single-Family Homes

Sales

State/Region/County

Dec.

2019

Nov.

2019

 

Dec.

2018

 

Price MTM% Chg

Price YTY% Chg

Sales MTM% Chg

Sales YTY% Chg

Calif. Single-family home

$615,090

$589,770

 

$557,740

r

4.3%

10.3%

-1.0%

7.4%

Calif. Condo/Townhome

$477,000

$485,110

 

$453,740

r

-1.7%

5.1%

7.2%

29.5%

Los Angeles Metro Area

$550,000

$550,000

 

$500,000

 

0.0%

10.0%

2.6%

15.6%

Central Coast

$700,000

$695,000

 

$716,000

r

0.7%

-2.2%

20.0%

42.4%

Central Valley

$342,000

$340,000

 

$317,500

 

0.6%

7.7%

2.1%

11.6%

Inland Empire

$385,000

$379,000

 

$359,000

 

1.6%

7.2%

1.2%

13.3%

San Francisco Bay Area

$908,750

$925,000

 

$850,000

 

-1.8%

6.9%

-2.7%

16.0%

                   

San Francisco Bay Area

                 

Alameda

$881,500

$910,000

 

$850,000

 

-3.1%

3.7%

1.8%

20.5%

Contra Costa

$665,000

$640,000

 

$612,500

 

3.9%

8.6%

6.2%

16.9%

Marin

$1,300,000

$1,270,000

 

$1,270,500

 

2.4%

2.3%

-17.1%

19.5%

Napa

$765,000

$669,000

 

$725,000

 

14.3%

5.5%

10.7%

5.1%

San Francisco

$1,450,000

$1,619,000

 

$1,500,000

 

-10.4%

-3.3%

-11.7%

10.2%

San Mateo

$1,475,000

$1,595,000

 

$1,483,000

 

-7.5%

-0.5%

-8.4%

16.1%

Santa Clara

$1,225,000

$1,259,000

 

$1,150,000

 

-2.7%

6.5%

-6.4%

18.8%

Solano

$455,500

$462,980

 

$425,000

 

-1.6%

7.2%

3.2%

14.9%

Sonoma

$647,500

$650,000

 

$639,000

 

-0.4%

1.3%

-13.4%

4.7%

Southern California

                 

Los Angeles

$641,340

$594,840

 

$588,140

 

7.8%

9.0%

3.3%

11.9%

Orange

$840,000

$822,000

 

$785,000

 

2.2%

7.0%

5.0%

32.8%

Riverside

$420,000

$425,000

 

$398,000

 

-1.2%

5.5%

2.5%

12.1%

San Bernardino

$320,000

$315,000

 

$295,000

 

1.6%

8.5%

-0.9%

15.2%

San Diego

$655,000

$659,000

 

$618,500

 

-0.6%

5.9%

-1.3%

17.4%

Ventura

$657,000

$660,000

 

$640,000

 

-0.5%

2.7%

-2.0%

11.8%

Central Coast

                 

Monterey

$613,250

$720,000

 

$590,000

 

-14.8%

3.9%

12.2%

44.2%

San Luis Obispo

$615,500

$615,000

 

$640,000

 

0.1%

-3.8%

13.2%

42.5%

Santa Barbara

$770,000

$661,500

 

$840,000

r

16.4%

-8.3%

36.1%

45.9%

Santa Cruz

$889,000

$875,000

 

$926,000

 

1.6%

-4.0%

18.6%

34.2%

Central Valley

                 

Fresno

$285,000

$291,500

 

$266,500

 

-2.2%

6.9%

9.8%

11.6%

Glenn

$252,000

$330,000

 

$246,500

 

-23.6%

2.2%

-47.8%

-62.5%

Kern

$262,900

$258,000

 

$242,380

 

1.9%

8.5%

1.9%

4.8%

Kings

$255,000

$258,000

 

$243,000

 

-1.2%

4.9%

-18.8%

0.0%

Madera

$285,100

$295,500

 

$263,000

 

-3.5%

8.4%

2.3%

15.4%

Merced

$278,290

$275,000

 

$269,060

r

1.2%

3.4%

19.5%

10.7%

Placer

$495,000

$489,800

 

$492,990

r

1.1%

0.4%

-2.0%

16.8%

Sacramento

$385,000

$385,000

 

$364,500

 

0.0%

5.6%

0.3%

11.5%

San Benito

$600,000

$595,000

 

$577,000

 

0.8%

4.0%

0.0%

27.0%

San Joaquin

$391,500

$380,000

 

$365,000

 

3.0%

7.3%

3.1%

10.2%

Stanislaus

$335,000

$326,500

 

$309,000

 

2.6%

8.4%

-2.3%

8.3%

Tulare

$252,000

$240,000

 

$236,450

 

5.0%

6.6%

7.8%

33.2%

Other CA Counties

                 

Amador

$300,000

$348,500

 

$314,720

r

-13.9%

-4.7%

-29.6%

19.0%

Butte

$351,720

$350,000

 

$356,560

r

0.5%

-1.4%

-13.6%

-54.8%

Calaveras

NA

$343,500

 

$310,000

 

NA

NA

NA

NA

Del Norte

$276,780

$252,500

 

$243,900

 

9.6%

13.5%

78.6%

108.3%

El Dorado

$465,000

$485,000

 

$454,500

 

-4.1%

2.3%

-7.2%

18.4%

Humboldt

$318,500

$328,190

 

$308,000

 

-3.0%

3.4%

-21.0%

18.1%

Lake

$271,500

$297,500

 

$269,000

 

-8.7%

0.9%

-5.9%

-12.3%

Lassen

$247,500

$222,500

 

$208,000

 

11.2%

19.0%

4.2%

8.7%

Mariposa

$299,900

$410,000

 

$320,000

 

-26.9%

-6.3%

-47.8%

-36.8%

Mendocino

$447,000

$400,290

 

$424,900

 

11.7%

5.2%

-28.1%

4.5%

Mono

$400,000

$556,000

 

$541,000

 

-28.1%

-26.1%

66.7%

275.0%

Nevada

$400,000

$458,500

 

$389,950

 

-12.8%

2.6%

-15.9%

23.4%

Plumas

$270,500

$275,000

 

$262,950

 

-1.6%

2.9%

25.0%

15.4%

Shasta

$275,000

$285,000

 

$267,500

 

-3.5%

2.8%

-9.5%

-11.4%

Siskiyou

$225,000

$242,500

 

$182,500

 

-7.2%

23.3%

40.0%

31.3%

Sutter

$308,250

$325,000

 

$320,000

 

-5.2%

-3.7%

4.6%

-16.0%

Tehama

$237,500

$259,250

 

$255,000

 

-8.4%

-6.9%

-25.0%

-55.4%

Tuolumne

$292,000

$275,500

 

$258,950

 

6.0%

12.8%

10.7%

-22.5%

Yolo

$441,000

$446,710

 

$429,000

 

-1.3%

2.8%

26.5%

27.8%

Yuba

$299,850

$319,500

 

$298,000

 

-6.2%

0.6%

-10.3%

-13.6%

r = revised

NA = not available


December 2019 County Unsold Inventory and Days on Market
(Regional and condo sales data not seasonally adjusted)

December 2019

Unsold Inventory Index

Median Time on Market

State/Region/County

Dec. 2019

Nov. 2019

 

Dec. 2018

 

Dec. 2019

Nov. 2019

 

Dec. 2018

 

Calif. Single-family homes

2.5

3.1

 

3.5

 

28.0

25.0

 

32.0

 

Calif. Condo/Townhomes

2.1

2.9

 

3.2

 

28.0

27.0

 

30.0

r

Los Angeles Metro Area

2.8

3.3

 

4.1

 

31.0

29.0

 

36.0

 

Central Coast

2.7

4.1

 

3.8

r

38.0

30.0

 

35.5

r

Central Valley

2.2

2.8

 

3.1

 

22.0

19.0

 

27.0

 

Inland Empire

3.3

3.9

 

4.7

 

38.0

34.0

 

41.5

 

San Francisco Bay Area

1.4

2.1

 

2.1

 

27.0

22.0

 

29.0

 
                     

San Francisco Bay Area

                   

Alameda

0.9

1.6

 

1.7

 

20.0

16.0

 

24.0

 

Contra Costa

1.4

2.1

 

1.9

 

23.0

17.0

 

23.0

 

Marin

1.7

2.2

 

2.5

 

59.0

45.0

 

44.5

 

Napa

3.6

5.8

 

4.5

 

65.0

57.0

 

62.0

 

San Francisco

0.8

1.7

 

1.1

 

20.0

17.0

 

25.0

 

San Mateo

1.1

1.8

 

1.6

 

23.0

13.0

 

20.0

 

Santa Clara

1.1

1.7

 

1.8

 

19.0

18.0

 

22.0

 

Solano

2.2

2.8

 

2.9

 

38.5

39.0

 

44.5

 

Sonoma

3.0

3.4

 

3.2

 

56.5

51.0

 

54.0

 

Southern California

                   

Los Angeles

2.4

2.9

 

3.5

 

24.0

22.0

 

31.0

 

Orange

2.3

3.1

 

4.0

 

29.0

29.0

 

29.5

 

Riverside

3.4

3.9

 

4.7

 

36.0

33.0

 

41.0

 

San Bernardino

3.3

3.8

 

4.6

 

42.0

38.0

 

42.0

 

San Diego

2.2

2.7

 

3.5

 

20.0

17.0

 

27.0

 

Ventura

3.8

4.4

 

5.5

 

51.0

53.0

 

59.0

 

Central Coast

                   

Monterey

3.0

4.2

 

5.0

 

28.5

30.0

 

28.0

 

San Luis Obispo

3.3

4.2

 

4.9

 

41.5

32.0

 

37.5

 

Santa Barbara

2.6

4.4

 

2.2

r

35.5

29.5

 

38.0

r

Santa Cruz

1.7

3.2

 

2.8

 

44.0

28.0

 

35.0

 

Central Valley

                   

Fresno

2.5

3.4

 

3.2

 

18.5

19.0

 

23.0

 

Glenn

5.4

3.5

 

2.3

 

24.0

24.0

 

29.5

 

Kern

2.3

2.9

 

2.8

 

20.0

15.5

 

31.0

 

Kings

2.8

2.6

 

3.5

 

20.0

22.5

 

37.0

 

Madera

4.5

5.3

 

5.7

 

27.0

34.0

 

40.0

 

Merced

2.7

3.5

 

3.6

 

34.0

20.0

 

29.0

 

Placer

1.9

2.5

 

2.6

 

27.0

24.0

 

29.0

 

Sacramento

1.6

2.2

 

2.5

 

19.0

15.0

 

25.0

 

San Benito

2.5

2.9

 

3.1

 

27.0

41.0

 

33.0

 

San Joaquin

2.4

3.1

 

2.9

 

25.0

26.0

 

29.0

 

Stanislaus

2.0

2.4

 

3.1

 

20.0

17.5

 

27.0

 

Tulare

2.6

3.1

 

4.3

 

23.0

29.0

 

29.0

 

Other Calif. Counties

                   

Amador

5.4

4.5

 

NA

 

58.5

48.0

 

39.0

r

Butte

2.7

2.6

 

1.2

 

42.0

20.0

 

25.0

 

Calaveras

NA

6.5

 

4.8

 

NA

59.0

 

61.5

 

Del Norte

5.1

11.0

 

9.8

 

142.0

117.5

 

104.0

 

El Dorado

3.6

4.2

 

4.4

 

57.0

52.5

 

42.0

 

Humboldt

4.2

4.0

 

6.0

 

35.5

32.0

 

34.0

 

Lake

5.8

6.4

 

5.3

 

64.5

54.0

 

54.0

 

Lassen

4.5

5.6

 

4.6

 

148.0

90.5

 

111.0

 

Mariposa

7.4

4.3

 

4.8

 

67.0

29.0

 

66.0

r

Mendocino

6.3

5.2

 

8.5

 

68.0

74.5

 

68.5

 

Mono

6.9

12.7

 

17.5

 

148.0

122.0

 

82.5

 

Nevada

3.6

3.7

 

4.8

 

34.0

45.5

 

42.5

 

Plumas

6.7

11.8

 

8.5

 

168.0

85.5

 

189.5

 

Shasta

4.0

4.2

 

4.0

 

30.5

29.5

 

38.0

 

Siskiyou

5.5

9.4

 

7.9

 

39.0

57.0

 

48.0

 

Sutter

2.2

3.0

 

1.9

 

35.0

18.0

 

39.0

 

Tehama

5.3

4.8

 

2.8

 

91.0

32.5

 

80.5

 

Tuolumne

5.8

8.3

 

3.8

 

60.5

44.5

 

65.0

 

Yolo

2.1

3.4

 

3.1

 

29.0

18.0

 

34.0

 

Yuba

2.7

2.8

 

2.4

 

26.5

28.5

 

30.0

 

r = revised

NA = not available
Source: C.A.R.