December 29, 2011
Let’s check in on the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (HPI). Here’s a summary of the latest data for the Los Angeles area, which includes LA and Orange Counties:
October 2011
Month to Month: Down 1.5%
Year to Year: Down 4.9%
Prices at this level in: September 2003
Peak month: September 2006
Change from Peak: Down 39.6% in 61 months
Low Tier: Under $296,106
Mid Tier: $296,106 to $489,450
Hi Tier: Over $489,450
Since Case-Shiller lumps LA and Orange Counties together, I won’t repeat everything I wrote on the LA Sweet Digs blog. For more analysis and some graphs of the LA Case-Shiller data, check out my post over there: Case-Shiller: Seasonal Slide in Home Prices Continues
December 6, 2011
Over on the national blog, we just posted another big analysis of hundreds of thousands of listings and sales. Here are the numbers for Orange County, where winter is still a winning time to list your home for a quick sale, a better chance of selling, and a better price:
November 30, 2011
Let’s check in on the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (HPI). Here’s a summary of the latest data for the Los Angeles area, which includes LA and Orange Counties:
September 2011
Month to Month: Down 0.8%
Year to Year: Down 4.2%
Prices at this level in: September 2003
Peak month: September 2006
Change from Peak: Down 38.7% in 60 months
Low Tier: Under $300,607
Mid Tier: $300,607 to $497,198
Hi Tier: Over $497,198
Since Case-Shiller lumps LA and Orange Counties together, I won’t repeat everything I wrote on the LA Sweet Digs blog. For more analysis and some graphs of the LA Case-Shiller data, check out my post over there: Case-Shiller: Get Ready for a Long Winter for Home Prices
October 25, 2011
Let’s check in on the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (HPI). Here’s a summary of the latest data for the Los Angeles area, which includes LA and Orange Counties:
August 2011
Month to Month: Down 0.4%
Year to Year: Down 3.5%
Prices at this level in: October 2003
Peak month: September 2006
Change from Peak: Down 38.2% in 59 months
Low Tier: Under $302,800
Mid Tier: $302,800 to $498,018
Hi Tier: Over $498,018
Since Case-Shiller lumps LA and Orange Counties together, I won’t repeat everything I wrote on the LA Sweet Digs blog. For more analysis and some graphs of the LA Case-Shiller data, check out my post over there: Case-Shiller: Summer Ends Early for Los Angeles Home Prices
September 27, 2011
Let’s check in on the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (HPI). Here’s a summary of the latest data for the Los Angeles area, which includes LA and Orange Counties:
July 2011
Month to Month: Up 0.2%
Year to Year: Down 3.5%
Prices at this level in: October 2003
Peak month: September 2006
Change from Peak: Down 37.9% in 58 months
Low Tier: Under $303,331
Mid Tier: $303,331 to $496,849
Hi Tier: Over $496,849
Since Case-Shiller lumps LA and Orange Counties together, I won’t repeat everything I wrote on the LA Sweet Digs blog. For more analysis and some graphs of the LA Case-Shiller data, check out my post over there: Case-Shiller: Summer is Kind to Los Angeles Home Prices
July 29, 2011
Let’s check in on the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (HPI). Here’s a summary of the latest data for the Los Angeles area, which includes LA and Orange Counties:
May 2011
Month to Month: Up 0.5%
Year to Year: Down 3.2%
Prices at this level in: October 2003
Peak month: September 2006
Change from Peak: Down 38.3% in 56 months
Low Tier: Under $301,073
Mid Tier: $301,073 to $489,946
Hi Tier: Over $489,946
Since Case-Shiller lumps LA and Orange Counties together, I won’t repeat everything I wrote on the LA Sweet Digs blog. For more analysis and some graphs of the LA Case-Shiller data, check out my post over there: Case-Shiller: A Bit of Spring for Los Angeles Home Prices
July 14, 2011
In case you missed it over on the corporate blog, Redfin has just launched our Android app!
(And there was much rejoicing.)
Android fans have been very, very vocal about wanting their own Redfin app, and thanks to the hard work of a crack team of engineers, the day has arrived.
Go find out more! Go! Go you crazy kids! Be free!
Photo courtesy Stéfan via Flickr.
July 8, 2011
I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. I spent mine lying on the couch, mewling like a sick kitten, but that’s neither here nor there.
I was a Redfin addict before I was an employee, and sometimes I forget that there’s a lot of stuff on our site that not everybody knows about. Some of these are big things, like the fact that we’re a real live brokerage with real live agents. Others are a bit nittier and grittier, like the sheer number of different ways we try to slice and dice data to share with anyone who wants it.
Example: Our local neighborhoods and zip codes pages (pick your neighborhood from our SoCal cities page). These pages don’t get an awful lot of traffic, but should, because they’re just obscenely useful. They basically show you the median list price, median price per square foot, sale-to-list percentage, and number of homes for sale in a local area, broken down both by neighborhood name and zip code.
You can also sort this information by any of the above columns; if you want to see every neighborhood sorted by sale-to-list percentage, just click on that column header and the data will re-sort.
And if you click on any of the neighborhood names or zip codes, we’ll show you another page with information specific to that area, including:
- New homes for sale
- Upcoming open houses
- Price-reduced homes
- Recently-sold homes
- Most expensive homes
- Least expensive homes
- And most popular (on Redfin) homes
This neighborhood/zip code profile page also gives you trend charts and graphs that you can customize and even import to your own website or blog, links to related forums posts, comparisons with other nearby areas, and profiles of area schools.
If you haven’t seen these pages, you should check them out. And if you’re already using them, you should drop us a line below to let us know what you think of them. Ideas and suggestions are always welcome! (Cruel, cutting remarks are not particularly welcome, but are taken with a stiff upper lip.)
June 29, 2011
Let’s check in on the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (HPI). Here’s a summary of the latest data for the Los Angeles area, which includes LA and Orange Counties:
April 2011
Month to Month: Up 0.3%
Year to Year: Down 2.1%
Prices at this level in: September 2003
Peak month: September 2006
Change from Peak: Down 38.6% in 55 months
Low Tier: Under $300,411
Mid Tier: $300,411 to $487,182
Hi Tier: Over $487,182
Since Case-Shiller lumps LA and Orange Counties together, I won’t repeat everything I wrote on the LA Sweet Digs blog. For more analysis and some graphs of the LA Case-Shiller data, check out my post over there: Case-Shiller: Spring Arrives in LA as Home Prices Inch Up
June 23, 2011
Hey all,
So, my original plan was to write a big long post going over every last nook ‘n cranny of our reader poll results in painstaking detail. But then I remembered that I basically have the attention span of a fruit fly.
So instead, I’m just going to post Pretty Bar Graphs of the results, and also give you a link so you can download the full excel version of the responses.
Without Further Ado… Pretty Bar Graph #1
As you can see, Updates on the Local Market was our big big winner, with around 425 votes. Trailing the pack was Profiles of Agents, with four votes.
And Now… Pretty Bar Graph #2
(…in which our hero discovers which feature types are most popular among readers.)
This one was a bit of a shockeroni for me, because I really thought video was going to dominate here. I mean, you kids love the YouTube and the Hulu and whatnot, right?
But I was wrong, as is often the case. Graphics and Illustrations came in first, and Nope, Just Articles was second, because you people love your precious words. So my next blog post will be a six-thousand-word essay on the impact of the Battle of Hastings on the 2000-2007 Real Estate Bubble. It should be riveting.
Point/Counterpoint was also pretty popular (with one truly awesome person actually suggesting that I team up with Jane Curtin), as was Instant Polls/Surveys.
Not Video, though. Or Contests. Which means I got my legs waxed for nothing.
Holy Cow! Guess What? It’s Pretty Bar Graph #3!
(…in which our hero runs out of clever subtitles and considers going to the supply closet for a Twix bar.*)
Okay, so this is where I asked about the name of Sweet Digs, because I’ll be honest with you, around the office it’s kind of a running joke. And not the funny kind of running joke, like when Steve Carrell would say “That’s what she said!” on The Office. No, more like the painfully tragic kind of running joke, where you’re laughing from a nauseating mix of nervousness and contempt, like anytime anyone said anything on the entire eight-season run of Full House.
But another surprise, people still like the name Sweet Digs, and the chart above proves it.
So there are all the pretty bar graphs, like I promised. If you’d like to read the full excel details, which includes all the free-form responses (minus identifying, info, of course), just click here to download it.
Whew! Thanks everyone.
*It was delicious.
