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Home figures point to ebb in local market.


The run-up run-up or run·up
n.
An often sudden increase: a run-up in interest rates; a run-up in food prices; a run-up in house values.

Noun 1.
 in housing prices has been so rapid, with L.A. prices roughly doubling over the last four years, that economists This is an alphabetical list of notable economists. Economists are experts in the science of economics. There is also a list of politicians and statesmen with economic training.  have been warning for months about the market being ripe for a correction CORRECTION,punishment. Chastisement by one having authority of a person who has committed some offence, for the purpose of bringing him to legal subjection.
     2. It is chiefly exercised in a parental manner, by parents, or those who are placed in loco parentis.
.

That time could be at hand.

The October October: see month.  median price for an existing home in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  County fell to $520,000 from $528,000 the previous month, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 data provided to the Business Journal by HomeData Corp., a Melville, N.Y. firm that tracks existing home sales Existing Home Sales

An economic indicator of both the number and prices of existing single family houses, condos and co-op sales over a one-month period. Released monthly by the U.S.
 nationwide.

It's it's  

1. Contraction of it is.

2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its.


it's it is or it has
it's be ~have
 not the first time that home prices have dipped dip  
v. dipped, dip·ping, dips

v.tr.
1. To plunge briefly into a liquid, as in order to wet, coat, or saturate.

2.
 on a sequential One after the other in some consecutive order such as by name or number.  basis over the past 12 months, and October median home prices are still 21 percent higher than a year ago. But combined with data measuring sales volume, evidence is building that the local housing market might finally be running out of steam.

Last month, 8,435 homes were sold in the county, 166 fewer than September September: see month. . It was the third straight month that sales fell, and the figure was the lowest monthly total since February February: see month.  (although October numbers were higher than for the like period a year earlier).

"The fall home-buying season typically is not the most robust, but in the context of our own data we are seeing a transition in the market," said Leslie Leslie (Gaelic, derived from a surname meaning 'garden of hollies,'grey fortress, or'garden by the pool')[1] can refer to any of the following: Places
in Scotland:
  • Leslie, Aberdeenshire
  • Leslie, Fife
in the
 Appleton-Young, chief economist The Chief Economist is a single position job class having primary responsibility for the development, coordination, and production of economic and financial analysis. It is distinguished from the other economist positions by the broader scope of responsibility encompassing the  with the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W).  Association of Realtors, which is predicting a 2 percent drop in home sales next year.

The association points to a growing inventory of homes that are spending a longer time on the market, as fixed interest rates top 6 percent for the first time in years and the Federal Reserve appears poised to continue raising rates.

Meanwhile, the association's index of unsold inventory for L.A. County rose to 3.2 in September, up from 2.7 in August, with the median days on the market for an existing home rising slightly to 24.8 from 24. Still, inventories are extremely low by historical standards, and the 3.2 figure was lower than the 3.6 recorded in September 2004. (Figures for October, which are based on data from the association's multiple listings service, are not yet available.)

On the ground

Some real estate agents say they have been seeing similar indications of a slowing market around the region since at least mid-September n. 1. the middle part of September.

Noun 1. mid-September - the middle part of September
period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue
, with sellers starting to contemplate whether they should lower their asking price.

"When we were in a more accelerated market, things were selling in 30 to 60 days, and now that's moving to more like 90 to 120 days, really a more normal market," said Carol Mineau, an agent at Santa Barbara's Pitts and Bachman Bachman - A proposed a style of Entity-Relationship model which differs from Chen's.  Realtors, which is handling the sale of a one-bedroom home four blocks from the beach in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. . The owner just chopped chop 1  
v. chopped, chop·ping, chops

v.tr.
1.
a. To cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax: chop wood.

b.
 $50,000 off his original $599,000 asking price after 30 days on the market.

Kirk Psenner, an agent with Sotheby's International Realty Sotheby’s International Realty, founded in 1976, is a luxury real estate network that offers a collection of luxury homes, estates and properties for sale throughout the world.  who sells homes in the Hollywood Hills The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of the City of Los Angeles, California, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse range of the Santa Monica Mountains, which extends from the Los Feliz District and Hollywood, on the south side of the Valley, to  and adjacent neighborhoods, can see the difference as well. He said that a two-bedroom hillside Hillside may refer to: Places
Australia
  • Hillside, New South Wales
  • Hillside, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
United Kingdom
  • Hillside, Merseyside, a suburb of Southport
  • Hillside, Angus, Scotland
 home in Silver Lake he's he's  

1. Contraction of he is: He's going to school today.

2. Contraction of he has: He's already been to the museum.
 had listed at $699,000 for more than three weeks would have received multiple bids in July July: see month.  in its first week on the market. "It's starting to become a buyers market again," Psenner said. "There's no longer this panic-crazy buying."

While the monthly home data suggests that while the housing boom is running out of steam in certain neighborhoods--the median price in Westwood Westwood.

1 Residential town (1990 pop. 12,557), Norfolk co., E Mass., in the greater Boston area; settled 1640, inc. 1897. It has several early 18th-century buildings.

2 Residential borough (1990 pop. 10,446), Bergen co., NE N.J.
 was down 1 percent and Pacific Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m).  was off 5 percent from a year ago--other areas are continuing to see double-digit dou·ble-dig·it
adj.
Being between 10 and 99 percent: double-digit inflation. 
 appreciation.

Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Pal·os Ver·des  

A city of southern California on a channel of the Pacific Ocean west of Long Beach. Population: 42,100.
, with the cheapest real estate on the pricey Pricey

Term used for an unrealistically low bid price or unrealistically high offer price.


pricey

Of, relating to, or being an unrealistically high offer. An offer to sell a security at $50 when the current market price is $47 is pricey.
 Palos Verdes Palos Verdes is often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of California. This affluent bedroom community is known for its dramatic views, good schools [1] extensive horse trails [2]  Peninsula A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered on three sides by water. A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit.[1] Europe
  • Europe itself is a peninsula.
, saw prices rise 66 percent, while San Pedro Pedro. For Spanish and Portuguese rulers thus named, use Peter. 

Pedro

in marrying former mistress of enemy. [Ger. Opera: d’Albert, Tief land, Westerman, 371–374]

See : Innocence
 was up 22 percent and Carson Carson, city (1990 pop. 83,995), Los Angeles co., S Calif., an industrial and residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1968. Oil refining is the major industry; fabricated metals, paper, and other products are manufactured. The California State Univ. Dominguez Hills is there.  19 percent.

"A lot of times these guys (sellers) still believe we're we're  

Contraction of we are.


we're we are
 in a top rising market, but when they don't don't  

1. Contraction of do not.

2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not.

n.
A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts.
 get any offers after 30 days they start lowering prices," said Dave Velazquez, a broker at HelpUSell Harbor harbor: see port.  Homes, which services San Pedro and nearby communities.

Housing experts were making similar observations at the Milken Milk´en

a. 1. Consisting of milk.
 Institute's State of the State conference last week, concluding that California home prices would first flatten flatten - To remove structural information, especially to filter something with an implicit tree structure into a simple sequence of leaves; also tends to imply mapping to flat ASCII. "This code flattens an expression with parentheses into an equivalent canonical form."  and then drop by 1 percent to 15 percent over the next two years. "Prices in California are overvalued Overvalued

A stock whose current price is not justified by the earnings outlook or price/earnings (P/E) ratio and thus, expected to drop in price. Overvaluation may result from an emotional buying spurt, which inflates the market price of the stock or from a deterioration in a
 by at least 10 percent," said economist This article is about the profession. For the news publication, see The Economist.

An economist is an expert in the social science of economics.[1]
 Mark Zandi of Economy.com.

Angelo Angelo

externally austere but inwardly violent. [Br. Lit.: Measure for Measure]

See : Hypocrisy


Angelo

asked by Isabella to cancel her brother’s death sentence, Angelo agrees if she will yield herself to him. [Br.
 Mozilo, chairman and chief executive of Calabasas-based Countrywide Financial Countrywide Financial Corporation (NYSE: CFC) is a diversified financial marketing and service holding company engaged primarily in residential mortgage banking and related businesses.  Corp., one of the largest mortgage lenders in the nation, said the reversal reversal n. the decision of a court of appeal ruling that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and is reversed. The result is that the lower court which tried the case is instructed to dismiss the original action, retry the case, or is ordered to change its  would actually benefit the housing industry.

"Too many people are being priced out Priced out

The market has already incorporated information, such as a low dividend, into the price of a stock.
 of the market. We would like to see some leveling off so that people's income levels have a chance to catch up," Mozilo said.

The realtors' association most recent housing affordability study concluded that in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , a family with a median household income The median household income is commonly used to provide data about geographic areas and divides households into two equal segments with the first half of households earning less than the median household income and the other half earning more.  of $52,580 would be $74,240 short of the income needed to qualify for a conventional loan to purchase a $541,110 house--the association's median for the third quarter.

But panelists at the conference said underlying economic fundamentals, including rising incomes and steady job creation, are still too strong for a market collapse.

Delores Conway Conway, city, United States
Conway, city (1990 pop. 26,481), seat of Faulkner co., central Ark., in a farm and cotton area; inc. 1873. It is a trade and industrial center. Conway was settled (c.1865) near the site of a French trading post (c.1770).
, director of the Casden Real Estate Economics Forecast at the USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code.  Lusk a. 1. Lazy; slothful.
n. 1. A lazy fellow; a lubber.
v. i. 1. To be idle or unemployed.
 Center for Real Estate, sees a soft landing for the market. "It's not at all going to be like the early 1990s," said Conway, who disagrees with economists at the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles
UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University)
UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX
 Anderson Anderson, river, Canada
Anderson, river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpool Bay, an arm of the Arctic
 Forecast, who have repeatedly warned of a housing bubble A bit in bubble memory or a symbol in a bubble chart.  deflating by double digits Double Digits was a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. Played from April 20, 1973 through May 18, 1973's show, it was played for a car and used small prizes.  in some areas.

Staff reporter Howard Fine Howard Fine (November 28, 1958) is an American acting teacher, the founder of the Howard Fine Acting Studio in Hollywood, CA, and also a theatre director. Early Life
Howard Fine was born on November 28, 1958 in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the youngest of 5 children.
 contributed to this story.

DEBORAH Deborah (dĕb`ōrə), in the Bible, prophetess and judge of Israel, the only woman to hold that office. Under her guidance Barak conquered Sisera and delivered Israel from the oppression of the Canaanite King Jabin.  CROWE Crowe may refer to: People
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Market Highlights
MOST EXPENSIVE
                               10/05   10/05
                       ZIP     Home    Median
Community              Code    Sales   Price    Change

L.A./Korea town        90010   1       $3,450     N/A
Beverly Hills          90210   10       2,600   152.4%
Marina del Rey         90292   3        2,350    35.3%
Malibu                 90265   17       2,200    85.2%
LA./Brentwood          90049   12       1,758    25.6%
L.A./Bel-Air           90077   8        1,725    20.2%
Santa Monica           90401   2        1,718    85.1%
Santa Monica           90402   3        1,650    -6.3%
Santa Monica           90403   4        1,506    43.2%
Manhattan Beach        90266   34       1,505     9.1%
L.A./Westwood          90024   7        1,500    -1.0%

INCREASED ACTIVITY

                       ZIP     10/05   10/04    Percent
Community              Code    Sales   Sales    Change

La Habra *             90631   55      3        1733.3%
Pasadena               91101   5       1         400.0%
Pacific Palisades      90272   16      7         128.6%
Palmdale               93551   145     67        116.4%
LA/Palms               90034   23      11        109.1%
Harbor City            90710   28      14        100.0%
Canoga Park            91303   20      10        100.0%
L.A./Mid-Wilshire      90036   14      7         100.0%
LA/Civic Center        90012   6       3         100.0%
LA/South Park          90015   4       2         100.0%

                       Median   Change
Community              Price    vs. '04

La Habra *              $560    -30.0%
Pasadena                 569     21.1%
Pacific Palisades      1,400     -5.1%
Palmdale                 399     19.1%
LA/Palms                 675     14.6%
Harbor City              442    -14.8%
Canoga Park              532     28.5%
L.A./Mid-Wilshire      1,200     37.9%
LA/Civic Center          522     55.8%
LA/South Park            408    -39.8%

Note: Dollar figures in thousands.

* Includes a portion of Orange County.

PRICE GAINS
                                1,005   10/115   100
                        ZIP     Home    Median   Median
Community               Code    Sales   Price    Rice

Llano                   93544   2        $348      $37
Beverly Hills           90210   10      2,600    1,030
L.A./Warehouse Dist.    90021   1       1,350      615
L.A./Brooklyn Heights   90033   19        500      260
Malibu                  90265   17      2,200    1,188
Santa Monica            90401   2       1,718      928
Tarzana                 91356   20      1,180      685
Rancho Palos Verdes     90275   32      1,245      750
L.A./Hollywood          90028   1       1,300      792
L.A./West L.A.          90025   12      1,260      770

Community               Change

Llano                   840.5%
Beverly Hills           152.4%
L.A./Warehouse Dist.    119.5%
L.A./Brooklyn Heights    92.3%
Malibu                   85.2%
Santa Monica             85.1%
Tarzana                  72.3%
Rancho Palos Verdes      66.0%
L.A./Hollywood           64.1%
L.A./West L.A.           63.6%

PRICE LOSSES
                               10/05   10/05    10/04
                       ZIP     Home    Median   Median
Community              Code    Sales   Price    Price

Vernon                 90058   2        $395    $1,341
L.A./Windsor Square    90020   1         650     2,100
Burbank                91502   5         465       782
L.A./South Park        90015   4         408       678
Stevenson Ranch        91381   41        490       719
La Habra *             90631   55        560       800
Burbank-               91504   16        538       635
Harbor City            90710   28        442       519
Pasadena               91105   12        883     1,005
Beverly Hills          90212   2       1,402     1,585

Community              Change

Vernon                 -70.5%
L.A./Windsor Square    -69.0%
Burbank                -40.5%
L.A./South Park        -39.8%
Stevenson Ranch        -31.8%
La Habra *             -30.0%
Burbank-               -15.3%
Harbor City            -14.8%
Pasadena               -12.1%
Beverly Hills          -11.5%

Source. HomeData Corp., www.homedata.com

October 2005 Existing Home Sales in L.A. County

                                  Oct. Median Price
                                  (thousands)       Percent
Community              ZIP Code     2005     2004   Change

Los Angeles County                $520     $429       21.2%
Acton                     93510      720      530     35.8%
Agoura Hills              91301      760      673     12.9%
Alhambra                  91801      572      498     14.9%
Alhambra                  91803      568      469     21.1%
Altadena                  91001      575      497     15.7%
Arcadia                   91006      620      680      8.8%
Arcadia                   91007      925      870      6.3%
Artesia                   90701      380      375      1.3%
Azusa                     91702      440      364     20.9%
Baldwin Park              91706      420      345     21.7%
Bell/Bell Gardens         90201      475      390     21.8%
Bellflower                90706      525      432     21.5%
Beverly Hills             90210    2,600    1,030    152.4%
Beverly Hills             90211    1,175    1,005     16.9%
Beverly Hills             90212    1,402    1,585     11.5%
Burbank                   91501      780      670     16.4%
Burbank                   91502      465      782     40.5%
Burbank                   91504      538      635     15.3%
Burbank                   91505      630      644     15.8%
Burbank                   91506      640      548     16.8%
Calabasas                 91302    1,372    1,201     14.2%
Canoga Park               91303      532      414     28.5%
Canoga Park               91364      565      512     14.3%
Canyon Country            91351      511      425     20.2%
Canyon Country            91387      609      479     27.1%
Carson                    90745      480      403     19.1%
Carson                    90746      536      410     30.7%
Castaic                   91384      560      448     25.0%
Cerritos                  90703      647      540     19.8%
Chatsworth                91311      640      598      7.0%
City of Commerce          90040      432      352     22.7%
Claremont                 91711      560      433     29.3%
Compton                   90220      354      270     31.1%
Compton                   90221      360      270     33.3%
Compton                   90222      330      246     34.1%
Covina                    91722      461      375     22.9%
Covina                    91723      527      385     36.9%
Covina                    91724      515      442     16.5%
Culver City               90230      649      548     18.4%
Culver City               90232      918      670     37.0%
Diamond Bar               91765      600      490     22.4%
Downey                    90240      565      576      1.6%
Downey                    90241      625      470     33.0%
Downey                    90242      538      415     29.6%
Duarte--Bradbury          91010      465      375     24.0%
El Monte                  91731      410      362     13.3%
El Monte                  91732      475      350     35.7%
El Monte--South           91733      460      360     27.8%
  El Monte
El Segundo                90245      880      653     34.8%
Encino                    91316      640      435     47.1%
Encino                    91436    1,100      990     11.1%
Gardena                   90247      526      405     29.9%
Gardena                   90249      520      418     24.4%
Glendale                  91201     $732     $635     15.3%
Glendale                  91202      795      591     34.5%
Glendale                  91203      496      372     33.3%
Glendale                  91204      620      600      3.3%
Glendale                  91205      642      560     14.6%
Glendale                  91206      842      804      4.7%
Glendale                  91207      861      830      3.7%
Glendale                  91208      775      644     20.3%
Glendale--La              91214      680      530     28.3%
  Crescenta
Glendora                  91740      495      380     30.3%
Glendora                  91741      625      555     12.6%
Granada Hills             91344      600      498     20.5%
Hacienda Heights          91745      570      502     13.5%
Harbor City               90710      442      519    -14.8%
Hawaiian Gardens          90716      412      330     24.8%
Hawthorne                 90250      547      445     22.9%
Hermosa Beach             90254    1,250      999     25.1%
Huntington Park           90255      440      335     31.3%
Inglewood                 90301      522      360     45.0%
Inglewood                 90302      492      410     20.0%
Inglewood                 90303      528      330     60.0%
Inglewood                 90305      475      400     18.8%
L.A.                      90011      396      298     32.9%
L.A.                      90062      434      332     30.7%
L.A. Baldwin Hills        90008      572      466     22.7%
L.A./Baldwin Hills        90056    1,058      848     24.8%
L.A. Bel-Air              90077    1,725    1,435     20.2%
L.A./Brentwood            90049    1,758    1,400     25.6%
L.A./Brooklyn             90033      500      260     92.3%
  Heights
L.A./Century City         90067    1,200      978     22.7%
L.A./Chesterfield         90047      430      330     30.3%
  Square
L.A./City College         90029      650      682     -4.7%
L.A./City Terrace         90063      430      302     42.4%
LA./Civic Center          90012      522      335     55.8%
L.A./Crenshaw             90016      510      400     27.5%
  District
LA./Eagle Rock            90041      635      445     42.7%
LA./East L.A.             90022      452      330     37.0%
L.A./East L.A.            90023      395      302     30.8%
LA./Echo Park             90026      628      512     22.7%
L.A./El Sereno            90032      461      357     29.1%
L.A./Exposition           90037      425      340     25.0%
  Park
L.A./Hancock Park         90004      780      693     12.6%
L.A./Highland Park        90042      530      385     37.7%
L.A./Hollywood            90028    1,300      792     64.1%
L.A./Hollywood            90068    1,074      825     30.2%
  Hills
L.A./Korea town           90005    1,030      852     20.9%
L.A./Korea town           90006      730      575     27.0%
L.A./Laurel Canyon        90046    1,240      905     37.0%
L.A./Lincoln              90031      470      389     20.8%
  Heights
L.A./Los Feliz            90027    1,250      880     42.0%
L.A./Mar Vista            90066      830      695     19.4%
L.A./Mid-City             90019      785      655     19.8%
L.A./Mid-Wilshire         90036    1,200      870     37.9%
L.A./Mt. Washington       90065      554      454     22.0%
L.A./Palms                90034      675      589     14.6%
L.A./Rancho Park          90064      932      775     20.3%
L.A./Silver Lake          90039      673      642      4.8%
L.A./South Figueroa       90007      537      508      5.7%
L.A./South L.A.           90001      370      272     36.0%
LA./South L.A.            90003      385      286     34.6%
L.A./South L.A.           90044      400      318     25.8%
L.A./South L.A.           90061      378      302     25.2%
L.A./South L.A.           90248      445      414      7.5%
L.A./South Park           90015      408      678    -39.8%
L.A./South Robertson      90035      995      960      3.6%
L.A./Warehouse            90021    1,350      615    119.5%
  District
L.A./Watts                90002      355      238     49.2%
L.A./West Adams           90018      578      360     60.6%
LA./West Hollywood        90038      700      633     10.6%
L.A./West Hollywood       90048    1,185    1,090      8.7%
L.A./West Hollywood       90069    1,450      950     52.6%
L.A./West Hollywood       90025    1,260      770     63.6%
L.A./Westchester          90045      773      644     20.0%
L.A./Westlake             90057      644      550     17.1%
L.A./Westwood             90024    1,500    1,515     -1.0%
L.A./Willowbrook          90059      360      250     44.0%
L.A./Windsor Hills        90043      498      352     41.5%
L.A./Windsor Square       90020      650    2,100    -69.0%
La Canada Flintridge      91011      910      842      8.1%
La Habra                  90631      560      800    -30.0%
La Mirada                 90638      548      439     24.8%
La Puente                 91744      425      335     26.9%
La Puente                 91746      439      347     26.5%
La Verne                  91750      523      499      4.8%
Lake Hughes               93532      322      256     25.8%
Lakewood                  90712      535      440     21.6%
Lakewood                  90713      546      450     21.3%
Lakewood                  90715      538      415     29.6%
Lancaster                 93534      275      220     25.0%
Lancaster                 93535      290      230     26.1%
Lancaster                 93536      385      299     28.8%
Lawndale                  90260      570      502     13.5%
Lennox                    90304      500      358     39.7%
Littlerock                93543      335      216     55.1%
Llano                     93544      348       37    840.5%
Lomita                    90717      681      524     30.0%
Long Beach                90802      669      437     53.1%
Long Beach                90804      540      504      7.1%
Long Beach                90805      440      360     22.2%
Long Beach                90806      544      438     24.2%
Long Beach                90807      580      542      7.0%
Long Beach                90808      590      530     11.3%
Long Beach                90810      430      339     26.8%
Long Beach                90813      402      429     -6.3%
Long Beach                90814      735      715      2.8%
Long Beach                90815      592      486     21.8%
L.B.--Belmont Shore       90803      880      878      0.2%
Lynwood                   90262      408      320     27.5%
Malibu                    90265    2,200    1,188     85.2%
Manhattan Beach           90266   $1,505   $1,379      9.1%
Marina del Rey            90292    2,350    1,737     35.3%
Maywood                   90270      435      375     16.0%
Mission Hills             91345      539      398     35.4%
Monrovia                  91016      575      492     16.9%
Montebello                90640      439      416      5.5%
Monterey Park             91754      548      470     16.6%
Monterey Park             91755      579      480     20.6%
Montrose                  91020      627      525     19.4%
Newhall                   91321      538      350     53.7%
North Hills               91343      565      482     17.2%
North Hollywood           91601      660      450     46.7%
North Hollywood           91602      900      845      6.5%
North Hollywood           91605      528      425     24.2%
North Hollywood           91606      530      414     28.0%
Northridge                91324      598      492     21.5%
Northridge                91325      668      485     37.7%
Northridge                91326      800      748      7.0%
Norwalk                   90650      449      362     24.0%
Pacific Palisades         90272    1,400    1,475     -5.1%
Pacoima                   91331      478      383     24.8%
Palmdale                  93550      320      258     24.0%
Palmdale                  93551      399      335     19.1%
Palmdale                  93552      350      275     27.3%
Palmdale                  93591      258      175     47.4%
Palos Verdes Estates      90274    1,500    1,400      7.1%
Panorama City             91402      489      404     21.0%
Paramount                 90723      480      355     35.2%
Pasadena                  91101      569      470     21.1%
Pasadena                  91103      545      515      5.8%
Pasadena                  91104      697      545     27.9%
Pasadena                  91105      883    1,005    -12.1%
Pasadena                  91106      725      628     15.4%
Pasadena                  91107      695      648      7.3%
Pearblossom               93553      330      308      7.1%
Phillips Ranch            91766      380      325     16.9%
Pico Rivera               90660      440      365     20.5%
Playa del Rey             90293    1,200      925     29.7%
Pomona                    91767      395      335     17.9%
Pomona                    91768      390      316     23.4%
Rancho Palos Verdes       90275    1,245      750     66.0%
Redondo Beach             90277      894      925     -3.4%
Redondo Beach             90278      826      675     22.4%
Reseda                    91335      535      430     24.4%
Rosemead                  91770      518      405     27.9%
Rowland Heights           91748      538      406     32.5%
San Dimas                 91773      610      420     45.2%
San Fernando              91340      490      379     29.3%
San Gabriel               91775      644      520     23.8%
San Gabriel               91776      572      458     24.9%
San Marino                91108    1,328    1,170     13.5%
San Pedro                 90731      562      505     11.3%
San Pedro                 90732      695      570     21.9%
Santa Clarita             91350      525      452     16.2%
Santa Clarita             91390      724      637     13.7%
Santa Fe Springs          90670      465      365     27.4%
Santa Monica              90401    1,718      928     85.1%
Santa Monica              90402    1,650    1,760     -6.3%
Santa Monica              90403    1,506    1,052     43.2%
Santa Monica              90404    1,038      985      5.4%
Santa Monica              90405      922      840      9.8%
Sherman Oaks              91403      990      875     13.1%
Sherman Oaks              91423      815      761      7.1%
Sierra Madre              91024      738      575     28.3%
Signal Hill               90755      605      556      8.8%
South Gate                90280      450      335     34.3%
South Pasadena            91030      812      627     29.5%
Stevenson Ranch           91381      490      719    -31.8%
Studio City               91604      900      737     22.1%
Sun Valley                91352      484      395     22.5%
Sunland                   91040      522      460     13.5%
Sylmar                    91342      516      415     24.3%
Tarzana                   91356    1,180      685     72.3%
Temple City               91780      570      449     26.9%
Topanga                   90290      925      745     24.2%
Torrance                  90501      680      499     36.3%
Torrance                  90502      554      445     24.5%
Torrance                  90503      809      640     26.4%
Torrance                  90504      607      510     19.0%
Torrance                  90505      860      715     20.3%
Tujunga                   91042      561      452     24.1%
Valencia                  91354      541      490     10.4%
Valencia                  91355      612      548     11.7%
Valley Village           91607       659      550     19.8%
Van Nuys                  91401      619      535     15.7%
Van Nuys                  91405      572      430     33.0%
Van Nuys                  91406      520      442     17.6%
Van Nuys                  91411      569      475     19.8%
Venice                    90291    1,050      950     10.5%
Vernon                    90058      395    1,341    -70.5%
Walnut                    91789      615      529     16.3%
West Covina               91790      490      396     23.7%
West Covina               91791      546      446     22.4%
West Covina               91792      486      375     29.6%
West Hills                91307      620      509     21.8%
Westlake Village          91361      832      742     12.1%
Westlake Village          91362      750      600     25.0%
Whittier                  90601      485      463      4.8%
Whittier                  90602      472      400     18.0%
Whittier                  90603      544      460     18.3%
Whittier                  90604      500      420     19.0%
Whittier                  90605      486      385     26.2%
Whittier                  90606      460      375     22.7%
Wilmington                90744      402      364     10.4%
Winnetka                  91306      545      436     25.0%
Woodland Hills            91364      772      663     16.4%
Woodland Hills            91367      760      655     16.0%

                       Oct. Home Sales     Percent
Community                 2005      2004   Change

Los Angeles County       8,435     8,387      0.6%
Acton                        6        16    -62.5%
Agoura Hills                26        26      0.0%
Alhambra                    28        28      0.0%
Alhambra                    22        19     15.8%
Altadena                    49        47      4.3%
Arcadia                     39        23     69.6%
Arcadia                     11        16     31.3%
Artesia                     46        11     36.4%
Azusa                       45        46      2.2%
Baldwin Park                48        60     20.0%
Bell/Bell Gardens           38        27     40.7%
Bellflower                  57        59      3.4%
Beverly Hills               10        21     52.4%
Beverly Hills                3         5     40.0%
Beverly Hills                2         5     60.0%
Burbank                     10        11      9.1%
Burbank                      5         5      0.0%
Burbank                     16        19     15.8%
Burbank                     29        32      9.4%
Burbank                     27        26      3.8%
Calabasas                   30        35     14.3%
Canoga Park                 20        10    100.0%
Canoga Park                 31        38     18.4%
Canyon Country              45        47      4.3%
Canyon Country              75        57     31.6%
Carson                      52        46     13.0%
Carson                      24        30    -20.0%
Castaic                     28        30     -6.7%
Cerritos                    50        53     -5.7%
Chatsworth                  28        54    -48.1%
City of Commerce            10         6     66.7%
Claremont                   31        40    -22.5%
Compton                     48        67    -28.4%
Compton                     51        58    -12.1%
Compton                     42        40      5.0%
Covina                      35        34      2.9%
Covina                      10        17    -41.2%
Covina                      30        28      7.1%
Culver City                 23        18     27.8%
Culver City                  4        10    -60.0%
Diamond Bar                 54        51      5.9%
Downey                      21        32    -34.4%
Downey                      38        41     -7.3%
Downey                      40        45    -11.1%
Duarte--Bradbury            37        39     -5.1%
El Monte                    19        10     90.0%
El Monte                    35        37     -5.4%
El Monte--South             17        31     45.2%
  El Monte
El Segundo                  10        14    -28.6%
Encino                      31        19     63.2%
Encino                      27        14     92.9%
Gardena                     36        27     33.3%
Gardena                     23        21      9.5%
Glendale                    15        21    -28.6%
Glendale                     9        17    -47.1%
Glendale                     2         4    -50.0%
Glendale                     5        10    -50.0%
Glendale                    18        15     20.0%
Glendale                    22        12     83.3%
Glendale                    10        14    -28.6%
Glendale                    19        18      5.6%
Glendale--La                41        34     20.6%
  Crescenta
Glendora                    20        23    -13.0%
Glendora                    27        19     42.1%
Granada Hills               56        72    -22.2%
Hacienda Heights            57        58     -1.7%
Harbor City                 28        14    100.0%
Hawaiian Gardens            10         7     42.9%
Hawthorne                   57        47     21.3%
Hermosa Beach               19        16     18.8%
Huntington Park             25        44    -43.2%
Inglewood                   17        26    -34.6%
Inglewood                   14        21    -33.3%
Inglewood                   13        13      0.0%
Inglewood                   15        11     36.4%
L.A.                        65        75    -13.3%
L.A.                        32        30      6.7%
L.A. Baldwin Hills          20        22     -9.1%
L.A./Baldwin Hills           8        10    -20.0%
L.A. Bel-Air                 8         9    -11.1%
L.A./Brentwood              12        19    -36.8%
L.A./Brooklyn               19        17     11.8%
  Heights
L.A./Century City            3         2     50.0%
L.A./Chesterfield           55        55      0.0%
  Square
L.A./City College           17        10     70.0%
L.A./City Terrace           27        26      3.8%
LA./Civic Center             6         3    100.0%
L.A./Crenshaw               37        41     -9.8%
  District
LA./Eagle Rock              25        17     47.1%
LA./East L.A.               36        23     56.5%
L.A./East L.A.              20        16     25.0%
LA./Echo Park               27        40    -32.5%
L.A./El Sereno              31        30      3.3%
L.A./Exposition             42        46     -8.7%
  Park
L.A./Hancock Park           15        24    -37.5%
L.A./Highland Park          50        50      0.0%
L.A./Hollywood               1         8    -87.5%
L.A./Hollywood              36        33      9.1%
  Hills
L.A./Korea town              8         6     33.3%
L.A./Korea town             18        19     -5.3%
L.A./Laurel Canyon          28        38    -26.3%
L.A./Lincoln                15        28    -46.4%
  Heights
L.A./Los Feliz              23        22      4.5%
L.A./Mar Vista              29        48    -39.6%
L.A./Mid-City               43        42      2.4%
L.A./Mid-Wilshire           14         7    100.0%
L.A./Mt. Washington         45        50    -10.0%
L.A./Palms                  23        11    109.1%
L.A./Rancho Park            28        15     86.7%
L.A./Silver Lake            30        34    -11.8%
L.A./South Figueroa         15        13     15.4%
L.A./South L.A.             44        26     69.2%
LA./South L.A.              68        74     -8.1%
L.A./South L.A.             77        80     -3.8%
L.A./South L.A.             30        20     50.0%
L.A./South L.A.              8         8      0.0%
L.A./South Park              4         2    100.0%
L.A./South Robertson        11        15    -26.7%
L.A./Warehouse               1         1      0.0%
  District
L.A./Watts                  59        64     -7.8%
L.A./West Adams             32        32      0.0%
LA./West Hollywood          12        11      9.1%
L.A./West Hollywood          9        18    -50.0%
L.A./West Hollywood         10        13    -23.1%
L.A./West Hollywood         12        11    910.0%
L.A./Westchester            37        40     -7.5%
L.A./Westlake                2         4    -50.0%
L.A./Westwood                7         8    -12.5%
L.A./Willowbrook            53        45     17.8%
L.A./Windsor Hills          44        48     -8.3%
L.A./Windsor Square          1         5    -80.0%
La Canada Flintridge        18        21    -14.3%
La Habra                    55         3   1733.3%
La Mirada                   50        46      8.7%
La Puente                   75        66     13.6%
La Puente                   18        25    -28.0%
La Verne                    25        31    -19.4%
Lake Hughes                  4         2    100.0%
Lakewood                    39        48    -18.8%
Lakewood                    36        39     -7.7%
Lakewood                    14        21    -33.3%
Lancaster                  102        75     36.0%
Lancaster                  172       151     13.9%
Lancaster                  165       132     25.0%
Lawndale                    24        20     20.0%
Lennox                      11        16    -31.3%
Littlerock                  31        25     24.0%
Llano                        2         1    100.0%
Lomita                      16        14     14.3%
Long Beach                   9        13    -30.8%
Long Beach                  30        28      7.1%
Long Beach                  89       113    -21.2%
Long Beach                  32        36    -11.1%
Long Beach                  31        30      3.3%
Long Beach                  39        48    -18.8%
Long Beach                  38        26     46.2%
Long Beach                  34        27     25.9%
Long Beach                  19        18      5.6%
Long Beach                  36        36      0.0%
L.B.--Belmont Shore         37        26     42.3%
Lynwood                     50        48      4.2%
Malibu                      17        24    -29.2%
Manhattan Beach             34        38    -10.5%
Marina del Rey               3         6    -50.0%
Maywood                     14        15     -6.7%
Mission Hills               22        16     37.5%
Monrovia                    43        34     26.5%
Montebello                  34        35     -2.9%
Monterey Park               29        27      7.4%
Monterey Park               13        14     -7.1%
Montrose                     2         1    100.0%
Newhall                     32        23   3910.0%
North Hills                 46        48     -4.2%
North Hollywood             16        22    -27.3%
North Hollywood             15        14      7.1%
North Hollywood             54        41     31.7%
North Hollywood             31        37    -16.2%
Northridge                  24        26     -7.7%
Northridge                  38        29     31.0%
Northridge                  62        48     29.2%
Norwalk                    125       118      5.9%
Pacific Palisades           16         7    128.6%
Pacoima                     84        81      3.7%
Palmdale                   185       186     -0.5%
Palmdale                   145        67    116.4%
Palmdale                    98        78     25.6%
Palmdale                    25        15     66.7%
Palos Verdes Estates        29        23     26.1%
Panorama City               43        38     13.2%
Paramount                   18        31    -41.9%
Pasadena                     5         1    400.0%
Pasadena                    23        21      9.5%
Pasadena                    37        35      5.7%
Pasadena                    12         9     33.3%
Pasadena                     9        16    -43.8%
Pasadena                    31        37    -16.2%
Pearblossom                  1         6    -83.3%
Phillips Ranch              74        76     -2.6%
Pico Rivera                 48        45      6.7%
Playa del Rey                9         5     80.0%
Pomona                      55        55      0.0%
Pomona                      41        38      7.9%
Rancho Palos Verdes         32        44    -27.3%
Redondo Beach               16        23    -30.4%
Redondo Beach               26        28     -7.1%
Reseda                      87        85      2.4%
Rosemead                    50        39     28.2%
Rowland Heights             48        44      9.1%
San Dimas                   35        49    -28.6%
San Fernando                32        32      0.0%
San Gabriel                 26        22     18.2%
San Gabriel                 29        17     70.6%
San Marino                  12        17    -29.4%
San Pedro                   30        37    -18.9%
San Pedro                   15        22    -31.8%
Santa Clarita               44        64    -31.3%
Santa Clarita               29        41    -29.3%
Santa Fe Springs            17         9     88.9%
Santa Monica                 2         2      0.0%
Santa Monica                 3         3      0.0%
Santa Monica                 4         8    -50.0%
Santa Monica                 8         5     60.0%
Santa Monica                10        10      0.0%
Sherman Oaks                18        27    -33.3%
Sherman Oaks                23        25     -8.0%
Sierra Madre                 8         5     60.0%
Signal Hill                 12         7     71.4%
South Gate                  60        77    -22.1%
South Pasadena              10        16    -37.5%
Stevenson Ranch             41        49    -16.3%
Studio City                 18        26    -30.8%
Sun Valley                  36        39     -7.7%
Sunland                     32        23     39.1%
Sylmar                      82        91     -9.9%
Tarzana                     20        27    -25.9%
Temple City                 25        31    -19.4%
Topanga                      9         7     28.6%
Torrance                    31        29      6.9%
Torrance                    18        13     38.5%
Torrance                    29        20     45.0%
Torrance                    19        24    -20.8%
Torrance                    20        21     -4.8%
Tujunga                     41        38      7.9%
Valencia                    88       139    -36.7%
Valencia                    36        48    -25.0%
Valley Village              15        22    -31.8%
Van Nuys                    25        31    -19.4%
Van Nuys                    23        28    -17.9%
Van Nuys                    66        60     10.0%
Van Nuys                    13        13      0.0%
Venice                      25        31    -19.4%
Vernon                       2         4    -50.0%
Walnut                      55        38     44.7%
West Covina                 28        41    -31.7%
West Covina                 36        32     12.5%
West Covina                 40        30     33.3%
West Hills                  40        25     60.0%
Westlake Village            28        22     27.3%
Westlake Village            49        43     14.0%
Whittier                    33        22     50.0%
Whittier                    18        16     12.5%
Whittier                    16        17     -5.9%
Whittier                    46        29     58.6%
Whittier                    40        59    -32.2%
Whittier                    25        29    -13.8%
Wilmington                  31        30      3.3%
Winnetka                    47        44      6.8%
Woodland Hills              48        51     -5.9%
Woodland Hills              39        35     11.4%

Median home prices based on data provided by HomeData Corp.,
www.homedata.com.


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