![]() San Francisco had the biggest price drop in the country, year over year, last quarter, with the median price of $1,230,000 - down 6.1% from a year ago. ![]() 'Sophisticated Legos': New affordable housing options take shape in California But that median price of $1,577,500 is actually down 5.8% from a year ago - and prices there have already dropped 17% from the peak $1,900,000 median price in the second quarter of last year, according to NAR. San Jose, California, was the most expensive place to purchase a home in the United States in the fourth quarter. Several of those places are seeing prices fall the most. Nearly all of the most expensive places to buy are in the West and half of the 10 most expensive cities are in California. “A few markets may see double-digit price drops, especially some of the more expensive parts of the country, which have also seen weaker employment and higher instances of residents moving to other areas,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR’s chief economist. The positive regional numbers mask that about 11% of individual housing markets tracked by NAR - 20 of 186 cities - experienced home price declines in the fourth quarter of last year. Prices were strongest in the Northeast in the last quarter, up 5.3% followed by the South, up 4.9% the Midwest, up 4% and the West, up 2.6%, according to the National Association of Realtors.īut drill down to the market level and it’s clear that prices in some areas are declining from the prior year. Single-family median home prices increased 4% in the fourth quarter from a year ago to $378,700. Looking at individual markets, however, some are showing prices have fallen from a year ago. Home prices are going up across the country - in aggregate.
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