is the good time to look at the top two quarters of 2008 Silicon Valley (Santa Clara Valley) real estate market which includes the following city: Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos,Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Los Gatos Mtns, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Clara, Saratoga,
Sunnyvale.
We know the real estate market is changing. Let us look at the number of inventory vs closed sales which is the 2nd and 3rd columns:
1). At the 1st quarter of 2007 60%of the homes sold in 47 days on market in and median sales price was $780K.
2). At the 2nd quarter of 2008 only 42% homes has sold in average day for 48 days and the median sold price is $750K.
When we combined the both information we know that the sale ability rate has dropped for 18% and the price dropped for 5%. If you are the sellers of those cities, your home needs to be in good condition and priced aggressive to be at the 42% homes that can be sold.
Single Family Residential
Years New Listings Current Inventory Closed Sales Average DOM Average CDOM Average Sales Price Median Sales Price
2007-Q1 4402 3137 2133 47 64 1,002,671 780,000
2007-Q2 5736 4163 2797 35 47 1,090,218 865,000
2007-Q3 5318 4562 2155 37 50 1,065,137 850,000
2007-Q4 3768 3895 1557 46 61 1,035,274 842,000
2008-Q1 5264 5162 1342 55 78 994,206 780,000
2008-Q2 6053 5706 2423 48 71 954,229 750,000
Summary 30541 26625 12407 43 60 1,026,994