Is it over? Seems like I blinked and summer just passed me by! Life is moving at a very fast clip these days, including the Santa Cruz real estate market. Check out this graph showing what the market was up to in the last full month of summer 2013:
As you can see, the market continues to remain strong, with the median price in August hitting $629,500 – that’s a 13.4% increase from a year ago, and a 3.2% increase from the previous month. Still down a bit from the market peak in April, but not so much as anyone would really notice.
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The good news for buyers, though, is that inventory continues to build – up to 454 units available at the end of August – that’s up a slim 3.2% from the month prior, but consider that it is up a HUGE 69.4% from the beginning of the year. Although prices and interest rates are up considerably from where they were at the beginning of the year…at least as a buyer, you have a lot more to choose from now…and less competition! The number of closings in August sunk to 194, down 5.7% from the month prior (but exactly matched to the year-ago August 2012 sales, also 194 units).
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