San Gabriel Real Estate Market Report - September 2008

San Gabriel real estate market trends for July through September 2008

San Gabriel single family home inventory is on the rise. In September 88 homes were on the San Gabriel market compared to 68 in August. The average days on the market has decreased to 70, but the absorption rate increased to 4.5 months (18.2 weeks) mainly due to increased inventory compared to the stagnant number of homes sold.

The homes that were sold last month ended up closing escrow at 97.44% of asking price and were on average 1,521 sq. ft. Most homes were 2 to 3 bedrooms with 2 baths.

The lowest priced home listing in San Gabriel is at 322 E. Angeleno Avenue - offered at $259,000 (reduced from the original price of $305,000)

The highest priced home listing in San Gabriel is at 616 S. Ramona Street - offered at $2,195,000. This San Gabriel estate has been on the market for over two years now. Price remains the same.

If you look at the San Gabriel statistics below, you'll notice that there was an increased number of San Gabriel townhomes that went under contract or pending. This is due to a newly built development at 128 E. Broadway. 5 out of 7 pending townhome sales were in that complex and were all priced between $538,000 to $548,000. Even though these townhomes were a bit on the high end of the price per square foot spectrum, buyers seemed to have jumped on them and were willing to pay a premium for living in a newly constructed complex.

The new development at 153 Junipero Serra Drive didn't do as well as the one on Broadway. 3 of the townhomes have expired and were removed from the market. Developer is probably reviewing the pricing prior to relisting them for sale.

Lots, and I mean, LOTS of condos came up on the market in San Gabriel. 12 new listings compared to only 1 in August. Yikes! this increased the absorption rate to 78 weeks. The sales remain minimal at one a month. Interesting phenomenom is occuring. Condos are priced higher per square foot ($349.08) than townhomes ($315.18) in San Gabriel. San Gabriel condo sellers and their real estate agents need to get more realistic or they will just be wasting their time and efforts.

San Gabriel Real Estate Market Statistics for July 2008 through September 2008:

Single Family Residence	Jun-08	Jul-08	Aug-08	Sep-08
New Listings	18	15	23	29
Total Listings	91	68	68	88
Sales Pending	13	22	9	13
Homes Sold	24	22	22	21
Listings Expired	9	12	7	20
Average Days on the Market	98	79	95	70
Average Price Per Sq. Ft.	$358	$354	$394	$380
Average Selling Price	$580,783	$595,932	$660,745	$546,329
Absorption Rate (# of weeks to sell current inventory at present rate of sales)	16.4	13.4	13.4	18.2

Condos	Jun-08	Jul-08	Aug-08	Sep-08
New Listings	6	5	1	12
Total Listings	21	11	7	18
Sales Pending	0	1	1	0
Condos Sold	1	3	0	1
Listings Expired	1	2	5	6
Average Days on the Market	54	301	n/a	63
Average Price Per Sq. Ft.	$325	$341	n/a	$408
Average Selling Price	$588,000	$438,667	n/a	$368,000
Absorption Rate (# of weeks to sell current inventory at present rate of sales)	91.0	15.9	10.1	78.0

Townhomes	Jun-08	Jul-08	Aug-08	Sep-08
New Listings	3	1	9	7
Total Listings	14	7	12	13
Sales Pending	1	1	1	8
Townhomes Sold	0	1	1	2
Listings Expired	5	4	7	7
Average Days on the Market	n/a	20	244	114
Average Price Per Sq. Ft.	n/a	$269	$290	$270
Average Selling Price	n/a	$355,000	$439,500	$384,250
Absorption Rate (# of weeks to sell current inventory at present rate of sales)	60.7	30.3	52.0	28.2

Data taken from ITEC (Pasadena Foothills Association MLS service)

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Posted by Irina Netchaev, Real Estate Agent

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