by Kathy Gibson | Oct 7, 2024 | Buying, Home and Garden, Market, Neighborhood, Selling
The housing market continues to adjust to the first rate cut by the Federal Reserve in years, sliding mortgage rates, and an economy that keeps surprising to the upside. Putting all of these factors together, the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) released its forecast for 2025 and expects both home sales and home prices to continue their upward trend. Pasadena, CA Mon Oct 07 2024 This week the median list price for a single family home in Pasadena, CA is $1,789,000 with the market action index hovering around 45. This is less than last month’s market action index of 49. Inventory has increased to 97. Market Narrative The market has been cooling over time and prices have recently flattened. Despite the consistent decrease in Market Action Index (MAI), we’re in a Seller’s Market (where significant demand leaves little inventory available). If the MAI begins to climb, prices will likely follow suit. If the MAI drops consistently or falls into the Buyer’s zone, watch for downward pressure on...
by Kathy Gibson | May 13, 2024 | Buying, Market, Neighborhood, Open House, Selling
The Federal Reserve kept the fed funds rate unchanged at their last meeting, pointing to a robust economy and stagnant inflation. However, a disappointing 175k job additions hint at a cooling labor market. With the Fed signaling rate hike unlikelihood and weaker jobs data, mortgage rates fell to early April lows, raising hopes for declining rates in H2 2024. Pasadena, CA Mon May 13 2024 This week the median list price for a single family home in Pasadena, CA is $1,982,000 with the market action index hovering around 57. This is an increase over last month’s market action index of 54. Inventory has increased to 78. The market continues to get hotter. More sales demand and fewer homes listed have contributed to a relatively long run of increasing prices. Current supply and demand levels show no sign of prices changing from their current trend....
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 29, 2024 | Buying, Market, Neighborhood, Open House, Selling
Pasadena, CA Mon Apr 29 2024 This week the median list price for a single family home in Pasadena, CA is $1,980,000 with the market action index hovering around 55. This is an increase over last month’s market action index of 53. Inventory has increased to 79. The market continues to get hotter. More sales demand and fewer homes listed have contributed to a relatively long run of increasing prices. Current supply and demand levels show no sign of prices changing from their current trend....
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 25, 2024 | Buying, Home and Garden, Market, Open House, Selling
Consumers have been feeling positive about buying and selling since the start of the year, and the latest housing market report released by the California Association of Realtors reflected the improvement in optimism. Both supply and demand increased in February and the competitiveness of the market appeared to be heating up as we entered the spring homebuying season. Pasadena, CA Mon Mar 25 2024 This week the median list price for a single family home in Pasadena, CA increased to $1,950,000 with the market action index hovering around 52. This is less than last month’s market action index of 53. Inventory has decreased to 65. While the Market Action Index shows some strengthening in the last few weeks, prices have settled in a bit of a plateau. We are currently in a Seller’s market so prices will likely resume their climb should this trend...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 18, 2024 | Buying, Home and Garden, Market, Neighborhood, Open House, Selling
The housing market continues to show promising signs of a better spring homebuying season that we saw last year. Both closed and pending sales appear to have risen again in February and all signs point to a market that is heating up as days on market falls, the percentage of sellers discounting to attract buyers falls, and the percentage of home closing above list price rises. Pasadena, CA Mon Mar 18 2024 This week the median list price for a single family home in Pasadena, CA is $1,881,499 with the market action index hovering around 54. This is an increase over last month’s market action index of 49. Inventory has held steady at or around 70. Home sales continue to outstrip supply and the Market Action Index has been moving higher for several weeks. This is a Seller’s market so watch for upward pricing pressure in the near future if the trend continues....