June 29, 2009

June City/Neighborhood Price Reductions

Let’s take our monthly look at which cities and towns have the most price reductions.

The following charts show the percent of MLS, FSBO or REO listings that were price-reduced at some point before leaving the market (either sold or removed unsold from the market) in the past 90 days. Cities/towns or neighborhoods in which the number of homes taken off the market was too small to provide believable estimates are excluded from ranking.

For those that are interested, I have uploaded the full data set in Excel format here. The downloadable Excel file also includes charts showing the top ten cities/towns/neighborhoods with the least reduced-price listings.

First up are the top ten cities with the most price-reduced listings:

chicago pr cities most 2009 06 June City/Neighborhood Price Reductions

Of the 229 cities/towns we ranked in the Chicago area this month, 102 had price-reduced ratios of fifty percent or more.

Getting a little more granular, let’s look at the top ten Chicago area neighborhoods for price reductions:

chicago pr neighborhoods most 2009 06 June City/Neighborhood Price Reductions

Of the 161 neighborhoods we ranked in the Chicago area this month, 48 had a price-reduced ratio of fifty percent or more. Unlike many other markets Redfin serves, there was no apparent correlation between prices and number of price reductions in a neighborhood.

The general trend in Chicago looks to be more or less holding steady with the number of price reductions, however every city and neighborhood is of course different. Some may be getting softer while others get tighter. Download the full spreadsheet to check where your neighborhood came in.


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