Orange County Register reports the following
OC Register, October 8th, 2012
For the 22 business days ending September 20 — the latest numbers — Orange County’s real estate market saw …
- Median selling price for all residences of $450,000 — that is up 7.1% vs. a year ago. Peak was $645,000 in 2007
- Total Orange County sales of 3,159 residences closed in the latest period — that is up 18.9% vs. a year ago.
- Re-sales of single family homes were up 19.1% vs. last year; condo sales rose 21.3% vs. year ago. Builders’ new homes were 4.8% higher in the same period.
- 39 of 83 Orange County ZIPs had both rising sales and prices in the period.
- Current price is at 2011′s peak (May and July) of $450,000; +13% above end of 2011′s median ($400,000.)
- The most recent median is 22% above the cyclical low hit in January 2009 at $370,000 — so the median has recouped 29% of the $275,000 price drop from the peak.
- Compared to cyclical low, single-family house median is 23% higher ($418,250 in January 2009); condo median is 17% higher ($252,000 in March 2009.) Builder prices for new homes are 46% above June 2009′s $424,000 bottom.
Here’s the breakdown of recent activity by key category; included is how the latest results compare to the average monthly sales pace from 1988 through 2011:
| Slice | Price | Price vs. year ago | Sales | Sales vs. year ago | Sales vs. ’88-’11 avg. |
| Houses | $515,000 | +9.1% | 2,117 | +19.1% | -5.1% |
| Condos | $295,000 | +11.3% | 888 | +21.3% | 3.9% |
| New | $617,500 | +3.8% | 154 | +4.8% | -69.9% |
| All O.C. | $450,000 | +7.1% | 3,159 | +18.9% | -12.2% |
