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:

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

Of the 128 cities/towns we ranked in the Bay Area this month, 23 had price-reduced ratios of fifty percent or more.

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

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

Of the 99 neighborhoods we ranked in the Bay Area this month, 13 had a price-reduced ratio of fifty percent or more. Unlike many of the other markets that Redfin serves around the country, there does not appear to be much of a correlation in the Bay Area between the median price of a neighborhood and the number of price reductions.

The general trend in the Bay Area looks to be heading slightly toward less 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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