The North County and San Diego housing markets showed more strength in January than they had in November and December. This was probably due to both lower mortgage rates and normal seasonal trends. The month-over median price ticked up slightly, inventory remained tight, and sales-to-list price improved. Despite those gains, homes did take longer to sell.
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North County and San Diego housing markets continue to slow due to pressure from rising interest rates. It’s not all doom and gloom though. Countywide, the median price rose by 7.6 percent year-over in September. Inventory is still very low, sitting below two months, and the average time for a home to sell is just one month.
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North County and San Diego housing markets continue to see month-over drops in prices, longer market times and lower selling verses asking prices. But what we are no longer seeing is an increase in inventory.
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North County and San Diego housing markets are continuing to slow, but at this point, we’re just moving toward a more balanced market. The median and average sales prices have been dropping since April, but are still showing strong year-over gains. Inventory has also not yet hit pre-pandemic levels, and homes are selling faster than they were in 2019.
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The North County and San Diego County housing markets are slowing. Since April, we’ve seen an increase in supply with fewer pending and sold homes. Market times have increased, but only slightly. And although homes still sold over asking price in June, those numbers also dropped.
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North County and San Diego housing markets saw just an inkling of easing in May, but still stayed very strong. With interest rates pushing up to six percent in June, experts expect more slowing. Looking at the numbers so far for June compared to those of May, we are seeing some slowdown. But don’t expect much change in the market just yet. Inventory is still very low. Homes are still moving quickly with many selling over their asking price.
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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.
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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!
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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.
Continue reading North County and San Diego Housing Markets March 2022
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.
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