Prices
Big news for the Santa Cruz Real Estate Market- the median sales price for Santa Cruz County single-family, re-sale homes set a new high of $950,000 in April. It was up 6.1% from last year. The average sales price rose 3.7% and went back over $1,000,000.
The sales price to list price ratio continues to hover just below 100%. It was 99.8% last month.
Sales
Home sales were down, year-over-year, for the ninth month in a row in Santa Cruz County. There were 111 homes sold in Santa Cruz County last month. The average since 2003 is 158.
Inventory
Inventory continues to expand in Santa Cruz County. It has been higher than the year before ten months in a row. Last month, it was up 30.4% over last year.
As of May 5th, there were 330 homes for sale in Santa Cruz County. The average since January 2003 is 681.
Days of Inventory was at eighty-six. The average since 2003 is one hundred and thirty-nine.
Time It Takes To Sell A Home In Santa Cruz
It took only thirty-eight days to sell a home last month in Santa Cruz County. That is the time from when a home is listed to when it goes into contract.
Condos In Santa Cruz
Prices for re-sale condos were up last month from the month before. The median sales price rose year-over-year by 4.7%. The average sales price rose 6.5%.
Condo sales were up 17.6% year-over-year.
Inventory continues to expand. It has been higher than the year before ten months in a row.
As of May 5th, there were 82 condos for sale in Santa Cruz County. The average since January 2003 is 141.
Days of inventory rose to fifty-nine.
It is taking forty-seven days to sell a condo.
If you are thinking of buying or selling a home, please contact me today!
To read my full Santa Cruz Real Estate Market Update, view in depth information by area or to receive this market update in your inbox monthly, click here.
1,455 total views, 1 views today