| Trends at a Glance | |||
| (Single-family Homes) | |||
| Oct 08 | Sep 08 | Oct 07 | |
| Average Price: | $740,554 | $725,391 | $943,170 |
| Home Sales: | 300 | 316 | 199 |
| Pending Sales: | 331 | 330 | 185 |
| Inventory: | 1,595 | 1,578 | 1,833 |
| Days of Inventory: | 165 | 155 | 286 |
Sales of single-family, re-sale homes in Contra Costa County were up year-over-year for the third month in a row, rising 50.8%. Year-to-date, home sales are off 10.8%.
Pending sales for single-family, re-sale homes were up for the seventh month in a row compared to the year before. Pending sales rose 78.9% compared to October 2007.
The average price for homes in Contra Costa County gained 2.1% from September. Year-over-year, the average price was off 21.5%.
Inventory rose last month by 1.1% from the month before, but it was 13% lower than the year before.
Condo sales arose 3.5% from September, and were up 47.5% year-over-year. Condo pending sales were down 5.4% from September, but up 97.5% year-over-year.
The average price for condos fell 1% from the month before, and was down 21.4% compared to last October.
Pending sales for homes gained one to 331 units.
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Complete monthly sales statistics for Contra Costa County are below. Monthly graphs are available for each city in the county.
| October Sales Statistics | ||||||||||||
| (Single-family Homes) | ||||||||||||
| Average | Change from last year | Change from last month | ||||||||||
| Price | Sold | Pend. | Inven. | Average | Sold | Pend. | Inven. | Average | Sold | Pend. | Inven. | |
| County | $740,554 | 300 | 331 | 1,595 | -21.5% | 50.8% | 78.9% | -13.0% | 2.1% | -5.1% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Alamo | $1,528,024 | 13 | 9 | 128 | 2.4% | 18.2% | 28.6% | 40.7% | -6.3% | 18.2% | 0.0% | -3.8% |
| Blackhawk | $1,333,108 | 9 | 7 | 67 | -48.6% | 200.0% | 40.0% | 31.4% | -5.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -1.5% |
| Clayton | $746,500 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 1.0% | -37.5% | 166.7% | -28.6% | 17.7% | -37.5% | 0.0% | -8.2% |
| Concord | $357,307 | 90 | 124 | 342 | -27.8% | 136.8% | 143.1% | -37.1% | -3.6% | 1.1% | 21.6% | 2.7% |
| Danville | $1,019,688 | 27 | 25 | 197 | -11.2% | 3.8% | 19.0% | 11.3% | 7.5% | -27.0% | -16.7% | 2.1% |
| El Cerrito | $590,067 | 15 | n/a | n/a | -10.7% | 25.0% | n/a | n/a | -4.3% | 25.0% | n/a | n/a |
| Kensington | $849,526 | 4 | n/a | n/a | -6.7% | 33.3% | n/a | n/a | 8.2% | 33.3% | n/a | n/a |
| Lafayette | $1,319,509 | 15 | 9 | 101 | -2.8% | -11.8% | -25.0% | 34.7% | 16.9% | 7.1% | -52.6% | 8.6% |
| Martinez | $424,865 | 21 | 29 | 144 | -16.6% | 61.5% | 222.2% | -32.4% | 15.1% | -36.4% | 7.4% | 1.4% |
| Moraga | $1,012,857 | 7 | 3 | 24 | -18.3% | -41.7% | -50.0% | 41.2% | -13.9% | -22.2% | -66.7% | 14.3% |
| Orinda | $1,214,368 | 15 | 9 | 71 | -6.7% | 15.4% | 0.0% | 39.2% | 17.6% | 36.4% | -43.8% | -5.3% |
| Pleasant Hill | $535,267 | 15 | 20 | 77 | -21.2% | 50.0% | 66.7% | -32.5% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 5.3% | 1.3% |
| San Ramon | $784,211 | 44 | 49 | 213 | -10.3% | 69.2% | 96.0% | -15.5% | -6.8% | -12.0% | 6.5% | 4.4% |
| Walnut Creek | $755,663 | 38 | 39 | 172 | -7.1% | 72.7% | 62.5% | 0.6% | -11.4% | 26.7% | 5.4% | -3.4% |
| October Sales Statistics | ||||||||||||
| (Condos/Townhomes) | ||||||||||||
| Average | Change from last year | Change from last month | ||||||||||
| Price | Sold | Pend | Inven | Average | Sold | Pend. | Inven. | Average | Sold | Pend. | Inven. | |
| County | $321,941 | 146 | 158 | 684 | -21.4% | 47.5% | 97.5% | -27.5% | -1.0% | 3.5% | -5.4% | 0.4% |
| Clayton | $398,750 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -28.4% | 0.0% | 100.0% | -57.1% | -17.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% |
| Concord | $158,702 | 37 | 57 | 181 | -43.9% | 184.6% | 256.3% | -30.9% | 2.9% | -2.6% | 26.7% | 4.0% |
| Danville | $499,571 | 7 | 10 | 52 | -13.1% | 40.0% | 100.0% | -8.8% | -7.9% | 0.0% | -9.1% | -7.1% |
| Martinez | $284,033 | 12 | 10 | 41 | -23.2% | 200.0% | 233.3% | -32.8% | 28.2% | 1100.0% | -16.7% | 7.9% |
| Moraga | $425,667 | 3 | 1 | 19 | -29.2% | -62.5% | -75.0% | -24.0% | 25.5% | -57.1% | -50.0% | 0.0% |
| Pleasant Hill | $371,414 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -11.7% | 133.3% | 100.0% | -63.9% | 0.7% | -30.0% | -40.0% | 10.0% |
| Rossmoor | $295,892 | 24 | 24 | 169 | -1.3% | -22.6% | 0.0% | 8.3% | -15.2% | -27.3% | 0.0% | -2.9% |
| San Ramon | $418,511 | 22 | 18 | 85 | -11.6% | 83.3% | 63.6% | -26.7% | 1.9% | -4.3% | -40.0% | 4.9% |
| Walnut Creek | $375,619 | 29 | 28 | 99 | -11.2% | 61.1% | 211.1% | -43.8% | -4.1% | 52.6% | 0.0% | -2.0% |
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