Simi Valley Home Sales Report YTD – January 31, 2010 Simi Valley home sales for the first month of 2010 trended back to average levels seen through 2009. While December 2009 showed the strongest sales for the year, my hunch was that many Short Sale lenders trying to close their books for the fiscal year […]
Simi Valley Home Sales Report YTD – December 31, 2009
In this year to date Simi Valley Home Sales Report, I am going to first cover what happened in December and then look at the year as a whole, with a prediction of how I see things shaping up for the 2010 Simi Valley real estate market. I am seeing similar activity in the West […]
Simi Valley Home Sales Report YTD – November 30, 2009
Simi Valley Home Sales have been moving along at a similar pace and not much has changed. Inventory is still extremely low. There really is not much new to report in that the Tax Credits, low interest rates and low inventory are producing false positives for the news media to feed off. Simi Valley Single-Family […]
Simi Valley Home Sales Report YTD – October 31, 2009
Simi Valley home sales were down in October 2009. This is very interesting in that the market has been pushed in a positive direction by the first-time home buyers tax credit. In September and October buyers knew that the tax credit was scheduled to expire on November 30, this should have reflected in an increase […]
Simi Valley Housing Market Update YTD September 30, 2009
Simi Valley Housing Market Update YTD September 30, 2009 Simi Valley Home Sales are following the typical pattern we’ve seen over the last several months. Home sales are still below prior year levels and the impact of the first-time home buyer tax credit, historically low inventory, historically low interest rates continue to drive the entry-level […]
Simi Valley Housing Market Update YTD August 31, 2009
Simi Valley Housing Market Update YTD August 31, 2009 Simi Valley Home Sales through August 31, 2009 continue with similar trending patterns as June, July and August are following our typical seasonal patterns of lower volumes as we head in to the fourth quarter. Simi Valley Single Family detached homes peaked in May at 92 […]
Simi Valley Housing Market Update YTD July 31, 2009
Simi Valley Housing Market Update YTD July 31, 2009 The Simi Valley housing market has not been boring lately. Extremely low inventories, Super Low interest rates and the $8,000.00 Federal Tax Credit which expires December 1st have buyers whipped up into a frenzy competing for very few homes for sale. This situation has stabilized the […]
False Recovery? How Fragile is the Simi Valley Real Estate Market
False Recovery? How Fragile is the Simi Valley Real Estate Market This is a chart I whipped up last year trying to illustrate what a mortgage interest rate does to the real estate market when it goes over 6%. I might have posted it before, but it really needs another look at with our current […]
Simi Valley Housing Market Update YTD 6-30-09
Simi Valley Housing Market Update YTD 6-30-09 While the unit number below show a total inventory of 342 Simi Valley Homes for Sale, the reality is that under 170 are “Actives”; the balance are in escrow listed as “contingent”. This is import in that these “contingent properties” are mostly short sale properties and are not […]
Simi Valley Homes For Sale Market Report May 31st 2009
Simi Valley Homes For Sale Market Report May 31st 2009 My Video Commentary on the current Simi Valley Real Estate market conditions will follow shortly. For now the closing numbers up through the end of May are below. Oh Yeah, no we have not hit bottom yet…..I’ll explain later. Activity – Single Family Detached Homes […]