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Miami metro area home sales remained at a three-year high in December as sales of existing condos, whose prices have fallen most sharply from peak levels in 2006, continued to claim a higher-than-average share of transactions. The median price paid for all new and resale houses and condos combined didn’t budge from November and declined from a year earlier by the lowest amount – 22.5 percent – since late 2008... full story
The number of California homes that sold for $1 million-plus declined for the fourth consecutive year in 2009, the result of buyer reticence, a difficult mortgage market and several years of price drops that tugged the value of many homes below the million-dollar threshold... full story
Sales of existing homes in the Phoenix region rose to the highest level for a December in four years as home price measures trended lower and investor activity rose. The percentage of sales involving a foreclosure held steady after declining for eight consecutive months... full story
The number of homes that resold in the Las Vegas region in December shot up to its highest level for that month in five years amid robust sub-$200,000 sales and strong demand from investors. The overall median sale price, including newly built homes, dipped slightly from November, while several other price gauges suggested home values have changed little in recent months... full story
The number of California homes entering the foreclosure process declined again during fourth quarter 2009 amid signs that the worst may be over in hard-hit entry-level markets, while slowly spreading to more expensive neighborhoods. There are mixed signals for 2010: It’s unclear how much of the drop in mortgage defaults is due to shifting market conditions, and how much is the result of changing foreclosure policies among lenders and loan servicers... full story
An estimated 41,837 new and resale houses and condos were sold statewide last month. That was up 16.7 percent from 35,860 in November, and up 10.6 percent from 37,836 for December 2008. An increase in sales from November to December is normal for the season. California sales for the month of December have varied from a low of 25,585 in 2007 to a peak of 65,793 in 2004, the average is 44,708... full story
The Bay Area housing market last month continued its step-by-step climb up from the bottom with upticks in sales as well as prices. Many of the underlying trends are shifting slowly, if at all, indicating sluggish change in market fundamentals... full story
Southern California home sales in December remained above year-ago levels for the 18th consecutive month, bolstered by gains in many mid- to high-end communities. The median sale price rose year-over-year for the first time since summer 2007, reflecting a more normal distribution of sales across all price categories... full story
Seattle-area November home sales downshifted from October, as they normally do, but posted a huge gain over last year’s severely low level. The overall median sale price dipped for the second consecutive month as foreclosure resales rose and a greater share of all sales occurred below $300,000... full story