Inventory in Months’ Supply – April 5, 2010

Detached properties in SoCalMLS-Orange County

Under $300K 1.9

$300K - $399K 2.3
$400K - $499K 2.4
$500K - $599K 2.9
$600K - $699K 3.2
$700K - $799K 3.8
$800K - $899K 4.0
$900K and over 8.6

0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0

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 Pricing Reality – April 5, 2010
List prices per square foot by MLS status
Detached properties in SoCalMLS-Orange County

Sellers should carefully consider current buyer

demand when pricing their home for sale.
ACTIVE $499 When list prices per square foot of Backup
and Pending status properties are below that
of Active properties, sellers should ask for
pricing counsel from their Agent.

BACKUP OFFERS $320

CLOSED SALE $332

HOLD DO NOT SHOW $306

PENDING SALE $300

$0 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $600

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 Monthly Listings Taken and Absorbed
Detached properties in SoCalMLS-Orange County
12 months through March, 2010

3,000 2,500
New Listings Listings Absorbed 2,711

2,500
2,000
2,100 2,095
2,000
1,658 1,500
1,611 1,647
1,503 1,550 1,542
1,509
1,500 1,406
1,237
1,000
1,000

500
500

0 0
2009/04 2009/05 2009/06 2009/07 2009/08 2009/09 2009/10 2009/11 2009/12 2010/01 2010/02 2010/03

New Listings 1503 1550 1611 1647 1542 1509 1658 1406 1237 2100 2095 2711
Listings Absorbed 1567 1527 1627 1553 1618 1559 1423 1342 1158 1298 1569 2223
 Listings Sold by Calendar Quarter
Detached properties in SoCalMLS-Orange County
9 quarters through March 31, 2010

Average Sale Price (Thousands) Homes Sold

$900 6,000
Avg Sale Price Listings Sold Units

4,621
4,392
4,079
4,574
$600 4,000
4,061 4,272

3,301
3,308
2,279

$300
$682 2,000
$825 $758 $679 $632 $586 $629 $688 $697

1-year avg. price trend: Up 18.9 % 1-year sales trend: Up 0.2 %

2-year avg. price trend: Down 15.5 % 2-year sales trend: Up 45.2 %

$0 0
2008/1 2008/2 2008/3 2008/4 2009/1 2009/2 2009/3 2009/4 2010/1

Based on data supplied by SoCalMLS / Orange County and its member Associations of REALTORS, who are not responsible for its accuracy.
Analysis dates are January 1, 2008 through March 31, 2010. Does not reflect all activity in the market place. Copyright © 2010, Real Data Strategies, Inc. All rights reserved.