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The California Housing Decline is Worse than I Thought

Posted on June 30, 2008

This comes via the Los Angeles Times. The median house price in California fell almost $210,000 in a single year. Wow!California's housing market continued its historic decline in May, as a flood of foreclosed homes for sale drove down the median price paid for a single-family home by a stunning 35% from year-earlier levels, the California Assn. of Realtors reported today.The median price paid for a single-family home in the state dropped by almost $210,000, from $594,530 in May 2007 to $384,840 in May 2008, the association reported. That drop represents a decline of $3,800 per week, or $549 p...

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