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Mick Pattinson, president of Carlsbad-based builder Barratt American Inc., which constructs homes and condominiums in Southern California, said the company cut almost half of its 140-person staff.
``This is easily the worst housing recession I've experienced, and I've been through four of them,'' Pattinson said.
Carlsbad home prices are increasing. Enicitas home prices are booming:
Sacramento Business Journal - March 24, 2008
http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/03/24/daily11.html
Monday, March 24, 2008 - 3:29 PM PDT
Home prices down in Sacramento, sales increaseSacramento Business Journal
The median price for homes that sold in Greater Sacramento in February was $258,680, a 30 percent decrease from a year ago, according to the California Association of Realtors. The price barely moved from January.
Home sales in the region bucked a statewide trend and increased 17.7 percent from January to February, and were up 10.7 percent compared to February 2007.
Statewide, the unsold inventory index for single-family homes in February was 14.3 months, up from 8.2 months for the same period a year ago, according to figures released Monday.
The index indicates the number of months needed to deplete the supply of homes on the market at the current sales rate. The median number of days it took to sell a single-family home was 68.6 days in February 2008, compared with 66.1 for the year-ago period.
Home sales decreased 28.5 percent compared with February 2007, while the median price of an existing home fell 26.2 percent, C.A.R. reported.
In Los Angeles County, the median price was $467,200, down 0.5 percent from January, and down 20 percent from February 2007. The number of sales dropped 10.5 percent from January, and 41.8 percent from February 2007.
Statewide, the median price of an existing, single-family detached home during February was $409,240, a 26.2 percent decrease from the revised $554,280 median for February 2007.
The 10 areas in California with the highest median home prices during February were Santa Barbara, $1.15 million; Redwood City, $875,000; Danville, $875,000; Encinitas, $842,500; Santa Monica, $787,000; Mountain View, $784,000; San Clemente, $770,000; San Mateo, $750,000; Sunnyvale, $741,750; San Francisco, $737,750; Carlsbad, $675,000.
Statewide, the 10 cities and communities with the greatest median home price increases in February compared with the same period a year ago were Encinitas, 25.7 percent; Santa Barbara, 23.4 percent; Walnut Creek, 21.5 percent; Redwood City, 14 percent; Carlsbad, 10.9 percent; Sunnyvale, 5.3 percent; Mountain View, 3.4 percent; Rancho Mirage, 2.6 percent; Santa Monica, 1.5 percent; Los Angeles, 1.5 percent; Santa Clarita, 0.9 percent.
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