December 7, 2009

November (belated) City/Neighborhood Price Reductions

Let’s have another 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 (as of 11.16.2009). 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 11 November (belated) City/Neighborhood Price Reductions

Of the 115 cities/towns we ranked in the Bay Area this month, just 11 had price-reduced ratios of fifty percent or more. The median price-reduced ratio was 31.3%.

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

BayArea PR Neighborhoods Most 2009 11 November (belated) City/Neighborhood Price Reductions

Of the 76 neighborhoods we ranked this month, just 8 had a price-reduced ratio of fifty percent or more. The median price-reduced ratio was 30.4%.

Download the full spreadsheet to check where your neighborhood came in (assuming your neighborhood had enough sales to be ranked).


  • The San Francisco market has been off the hook this December, in some respects. I was involved in a multiple offer scenario this week that saw 13 offers go to one basic house in Miraloma Park. A day later, different clients of mine wrote an offer on a condo in Noe Valley that ended up having three offers.

    This is not surprising, given the time of year. But it is a little surprising in that I believe the economy has not really recovered. San Francisco seems to still be unique in that it is attracting foreign buyers, and the tech workers who still have their jobs.
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