Change is in the air, but North County and San Diego housing markets are just starting to feel it. Nationally, mortgage applications are down, home touring activity dropped by 24 percent between January 1 and May 1, and more sellers are lowering their asking prices.
Even with high inflation and rising interest rates, we had another record-breaking month in the North County and San Diego housing markets. Year-over prices in North County were up a whopping 25 percent, and homes sold at 106.7 percent of their asking prices!
The February North County and San Diego housing markets looked a lot like they did in January, just a little crazier. Although year-over appreciation numbers weren’t quite as high, homes sold at 105.5 percent of their asking prices countywide, and inventory remained at a very low 0.5 months.
January’s increasing interest rates put more pressure on the already insane North County and San Diego housing markets pushing the median, year-over sales price up by 20 percent in San Diego County. According to OJO Labs, we now are the nation’s least affordable metro.
Recent news is that nationally the housing market is cooling off. That’s true in the North County and San Diego real estate markets, but they are still very strong. Homes continue to sell quickly and often over their asking prices, but not to the extent they were earlier this year.
Although prices dropped for a second month in a row in the North County and San Diego real estate markets, experts don’t expect a big slowdown anytime soon. Year-over median prices were still up 15 percent in August, and countywide inventory crept back down to less than a month.
The North County and San Diego real estate markets are still seeing record breaking price growth, multiple offers over asking price and homes selling in just days. Compared to May, home prices were higher and market times were shorter, but inventory did grow very slightly.
Prices saw incredible growth in North County and San Diego real estate markets in May with North County jumping almost 34 percent year-over and San Diego County gaining 28.4 percent. But while closed sales were significantly higher than the previous May, they didn’t keep up with April’s numbers.
Reports of March’s record-breaking price increases are all over the news right now. But did you know that in the North County and San Diego real estate markets home prices grew even faster in April?