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Mixed signals in data point to plateau for home prices.


L.A.'s coal-hot housing market continued to show signs of cooling in November November: see month. , with an ongoing decline in the number of homes sold even as home prices recovered from a fall the prior month.

The mixed message is in line with expectations that the residential market is finally peaking in advance of what analysts expect to be a modest price decline in 2006.

"There certainly are signs--days on market and inventory--that we have a market that's starting to plateau plateau, elevated, level or nearly level portion of the earth's surface, larger in summit area than a mountain and bounded on at least one side by steep slopes, occurring on land or in oceans.  and will get into this soft landing we've we've  

Contraction of we have.

we've have
 been talking about," 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:
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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  of 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. She noted that the region's housing market historically tends to pull back in the fall, so more months of data are necessary to confirm any downward trend.

The November median price for an existing home in L.A. County was $525,000, up from $520,000 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 home sales nationwide.

Year-over-year appreciation was 21 percent for November, continuing the pattern of growth rates Growth Rates

The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures.

Notes:
Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future.
 in the low 20 percent range that has punctuated the stunning stunning /stun·ning/ (stun´ing) loss of function, analogous to unconsciousness.

myocardial stunning
 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 prices. Still, sales volume was down more than 4 percent compared with the like period a year earlier.

The slowdown For articles with similar titles, see Slow Down (disambiguation).
A slowdown is an industrial action in which employees perform their duties but seek to reduce productivity or efficiency in their performance of these duties.
 in sales also was reflected in CAR's steady rise of unsold inventory index, which measures the number of months needed to sell the current supply of homes on the market. As of October October: see month. , the index stood at 4.3 months, compared with 2.1 months in June June: see month. .

Moreover, the National Association of Realtors The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is made up of residential and commercial realtors who are brokers, salespeople, property managers, appraisers, and counselors, and others working in the real estate industry.  last week reported that its October Pending Home Sales Index, a leading indicator Leading Indicator

A measurable economic factor that changes before the economy starts to follow a particular pattern or trend. Leading indicators are used to predict changes in the economy, but are not always accurate.
 for the U.S. housing market, hit the lowest level since March. The index is based on contracts signed on existing homes expected to close within one or two months.

On the ground

Michael Collins Michael Collins is the name of:
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, general manager with Shorewood Shorewood, village (1990 pop. 14,116), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., between the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan, a suburb of Milwaukee; settled c.1835, inc. 1900. It is mostly residential.  Realtors in Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. , believes that in addition to properties at the high end of the market, a large proportion of the accumulating inventory is made up of properties in less desirable neighborhoods. These properties are often on unusually shaped lots or second-tier streets.

"A lot of people a year ago would have bought anything anywhere in ZIP code zip code

System of postal-zone codes (zip stands for “zone improvement plan”) introduced in the U.S. in 1963 to improve mail delivery and exploit electronic reading and sorting capabilities.
 90260," said Collins, referring to the South Bay community of Lawndale Lawndale, city (1990 pop. 27,331), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the Centinela valley; inc. 1959. The population of Lawndale grew with the regional development of electronic and aerospace industries following World War II. , where the median price rose to $550,000 last month, a 9.6 percent rise over last year. "But now that inventory is beginning to accumulate Accumulate

Broker/analyst recommendation that could mean slightly different things depending on the broker/analyst. In general, it means to increase the number of shares of a particular security over the near term, but not to liquidate other parts of the portfolio to buy a security
, they are telling their agent, 'Well, let's see Let's See was a Canadian television series broadcast on CBC Television between September 6, 1952 to July 4, 1953. The segment, which had a running time of 15 minutes, was a puppet show with a character named Uncle Chichimus (voice of John Conway), which presented each  what happens this week.'"

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 noted in the group's most recent report that Wall Street appears to be betting on a weaker real estate market, with the stock prices of all the major builders in the region falling since July July: see month. . Los Angeles-based KB Home, for example, closed at $68.27 on Dec. 7, off nearly 19 percent from its dividend-adjusted 52-week high of $83.94 on July 20.

But that weakness has not spread throughout the market. In El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , November's median price rose 16 percent from a year ago, to $839,000, and in Manhattan Beach, the median soared 38 percent, to $1.6 million.

"It's it's  

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


it's it is or it has
it's be ~have
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     2. Misnomers, may be considered with regard to contracts, to devises and bequests, and to suits or actions.
     3.-1.
 for buyers to think that all properties are sitting on a real estate bubble This article is about the general phenomenon of housing bubbles. For housing bubbles in various countries, see below.
A real estate bubble or property bubble (or housing bubble
 or all prices are going to start decelerating," Collins said. "Well-designed homes on good streets are still selling quickly with multiple offers."

Even Chris CHRIS Chemical Hazards Response Information System (US DoD)
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 Thornberg, a UCLA Anderson Forecast senior economist who has been warning about a regional housing bubble A bit in bubble memory or a symbol in a bubble chart.  for more than a year, doesn't does·n't  

Contraction of does not.
 believe the coming market shift will be anywhere as drastic as that seen in the early 1990s when the region's aerospace industry collapsed.

"This plateauing plateauing Sports medicine A weight training term for the point above which an anabolic drug becomes ineffective in increasing muscle mass. See Anabolic steroids, Weight training.  had to come. At some point in time people are not able to afford homes any more. Prices are insane INSANE. One deprived of the use of reason, after he has arrived at the age when he ought to have it, either by a natural defect or by accident. Domat, Lois Civ. Lib. prel. tit. 2, s. 1, n. 11.  fight now," said Thornberg. He added that the picture should become clearer in February February: see month.  and March when sales activity usually picks up after a winter lull. "It's highly unlikely that we're we're  

Contraction of we are.


we're we are
 going to see a rapid crash on prices."

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Last week, CAR reported that the percentage of households in October able to afford a median-priced home fell to 12 percent from 17 percent in October of the previous year.

That means a 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.  household would have to have a minimum income of $133,000 to qualify for a conventional 30year mortgage with a 6.03 percent interest rate and a 20 percent down payment, according to CAR criteria criteria (krītēr´ē),
n.
.

The steep decline puts L.A.'s affordability near Ventura Ventura (vĕnt`rə), city (1990 pop. 92,575), seat of Ventura co., SW Calif., on the Pacific coast in a farm and oil region; inc. 1866.  County's (13 percent), and Orange County (11 percent). Statewide, the association's housing affordability index fell 4 percentage points from a year ago to 15 percent.

Jack Kyser, chief economist of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corp. points out that the county's relatively healthy economy contributes to a housing market more resilient See resiliency.  than in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern , which is still feeling the effect of the tech industry bust.

Kyser expects the countywide coun·ty·wide  
adv. & adj.
Throughout a whole county: found at locations countywide; a countywide search.

Adj. 1.
 median price will go down slightly in 2006 due to the softening of the high-end market. Activity in the relatively small market of 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). , for example, rose 42 percent last month, but the $1.6 million median sales price was up just 5.5 percent from a year ago.

"Los Angeles serves as a catch basin catch basin
n.
1. A receptacle at the entrance to a sewer designed to keep out large or obstructive matter.

2. A reservoir for collecting surface drainage or runoff.
. People come here first before they decide where else 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,  they'd they'd  

1. Contraction of they had.

2. Contraction of they would.

they'd have ~would
 like to settle," Kyser said. "We have run out of land for building new homes, except in the far reaches of the county like the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming.

The Antelope Valley
. These factors keep prices high for existing homes."

Appleton-Young said the time is long past for buyers and sellers to attempt to time the market, be it for living accommodations or as an investment.

"If you're you're  

Contraction of you are.


you're you are
you're be
 planning to sell and move out of state to a much more affordable area, now is probably a good time. Though you missed the peak, it's still a very good strong market with inventories still relatively lean," she said. "And if you're a buyer and the financing issue is not dominant, you're going to have more to look at."
Market Highlights

MOST EXPENSIVE

                              11/05   11/05
                       ZIP    Home    Median
Community              Code   Sales   Price    Change

Beverly Hills         90210     12    $2,098    18.4%
Santa Monica          90402     11     2,052    28.3%
L A./Brentwood        90049     19     2,005    48.5%
L.A./West Hollywood   90069     15     1,950   100.0%
Malibu                90265     18     1,901    13.2%
Pacific Palisades     90272     27     1,635     5.5%
Manhattan Beach       90266     46     1,592    32.7%
L.A./Koreatown        90005     11     1,395    24.6%
Calabasas             91302     50     1,388     9.8%
Encino                91436     22     1,388    68.9%


INCREASED ACTIVITY

                    ZIP    11/05   11/04   Percent   Median   Change
Community           Code   Sales   Sales   Change    Price    vs. '04

Harbor City        90710     41      8     412.5%     $569     22.4%
La Habra           90631     62     24     158.3%      596     22.1%
L.A./Koreatown     90005     11      5     120.0%    1,395     24.6%
Palmdale           93551    213     99     115.2%      425     23.2%
Santa Fe Springs   90670     17      9      88.9%      510     30.8%
Redondo Beach      90277     26     14      85.7%      911      7.7%
L.A./W. H'wood.    90038     11      6      83.3%      650     30.5%
Long Beach         90814     27     16      68.8%      675    -13.7%
Torrance           90503     42     25      68.0%      812     19.4%
Van Nuys           91401     35     21      66.7%      690     25.5%


PRICE GAINS

                                11/05   11/04    Percent
Community                ZIP    Home    Median   Median
                         Code   Sales   Price    Price     Change

L.A./W. Hollywood       90069     15    $1,950     $975     100.0%
Pasadena                91106     19     1,015      600      69.2%
Encino                  91436     22     1,388      822      68.9%
L.A./Willowbrook        90059     47       375      250      50.0%
L.A./Brentwood          90049     19     2,005    1,350      48.5%
Inglewood               90301     16       489      330      48.2%
Tarzana                 91356     25     1,155      784      47.3%
La Canada Flintridge    91011     16     1,274      865      47.3%
L.AJWatts               90002     75       365      250      46.0%
L.A./Brooklyn Heights   90033     11       470      324      45.1%


PRICE LOSSES

                              11/05   11/05    11/04
                       ZIP    Home    Median   Median
Community              Code   Sales   Price    Price    Change

Beverly Hills         90212     4     $1,818   $6,643   -72.6%
Pearblossom           93553     3         87      225   -61.3%
L.A./Windsor Square   90020     3      1,105    1,980   -44.2%
Marina del Rey        90292     5        940    1,425   -34.0%
Pasadena              91101     1        480      625   -23.2%
Long Beach            90814    27        675      782   -13.7%
Stevenson Ranch       91381    54        530      610   -13.1%
San Pedro             90732    17        586      624    -6.1%
Topanga               90290    9         839      865    -3.0%

Note: Dollar figures in thousands.

Only ZIP codes with 10 sales or more per period included, except
'Price Losses.'

Source: HomeData Corp., www.homedata.com

November 2005 Existing Home Sales in L.A. County

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

Los Angeles County                  $525        $434     21.0%

Acton                      93510     540         502      7.6%
Agoura Hills               91301     700         602     16.3%
Alhambra                   91801     620         475     30.5%
Alhambra                   91803     582         415     40.2%
Altadena                   91001     592         475     24.6%
Arcadia                    91006     699         630     11.0%
Arcadia                    91007     836         785      6.5%
Artesia                    90701     460         410     12.2%
Azusa                      91702     425         351     21.1%
Baldwin Park               91706     425         342     24.3%
Bell/Bell Gardens          90201     462         380     21.6%
Bellflower                 90706     502         402     24.9%
Beverly Hills              90210   2,098       1,772     18.4%
Beverly Hills              90211   1,290       1,125     14.7%
Beverly Hills              90212   1,818       6,643    -72.6%
Burbank                    91501     750         650     15.4%
Burbank                    91502     773         N/A     N/A
Burbank                    91504     624         638     -2.2%
Burbank                    91505     670         529     26.7%
Burbank                    91506     682         540     26.3%
Calabasas                  91302   1,388       1,264      9.8%
Canoga Park                91303     572         404     41.6%
Canoga Park                91304     620         494     25.5%
Canyon Country             91351     497         422     17.8%
Canyon Country             91387     642         561     14.4%
Carson                     90745     515         398     29.4%
Carson                     90746     529         432     22.5%
Castaic                    91384     599         504     18.8%
Cerritos                   90703     652         560     16.4%
Chatsworth                 91311     665         592     12.3%
City of Commerce           90040     460         290     58.6%
Claremont                  91711     620         475     30.5%
Compton                    90220     365         270     35.2%
Compton                    90221     370         268     38.1%
Compton                    90222     350         242     44.6%
Covina                     91722     470         375     25.3%
Covina                     91723     492         405     21.5%
Covina                     91724     530         465     14.0%
Culver City                90230     660         580     13.8%
Culver City                90232     858         672     27.7%
Diamond Bar                91765     612         526     16.3%
Downey                     90240     629         495     27.1%
Downey                     90241     655         458     43.0%
Downey                     90242     530         425     24.7%
Duarte-Bradbury            91010     454         385     17.9%
El Monte                   91731     438         369     18.7%
El Monte                   91732     460         373     23.3%
El Monte-South El Monte    91733     460         365     26.0%
El Segundo                 90245     839         725     15.0%
Encino                     91316     662         541     22.4%
Encino                     91436   1,388         822     68.9%
Gardena                    90247     492         415     18.6%
Gardena                    90249     500         405     23.5%
Glendale                   91201     742         680      9.1%
Glendale                   91202     836         686     21.9%
Glendale                   91203     691         544     27.0%
Glendale                   91204     665         570     16.7%
Glendale                   91205     578         544      6.3%
Glendale                   91206     735         569     29.2%
Glendale                   91207     838         815      2.8%
Glendale                   91208     815         695     17.3%
Glendale-La Crescenta      91214     657         535     22.8%
Glendora                   91740     494         446     10.8%
Glendora                   91741     643         490     31.2%
Granada Hills              91344     613         532     15.2%
Hacienda Heights           91745     638         484     31.8%
Harbor City                90710     569         465     22.4%
Hawaiian Gardens           90716     424         310     36.8%
Hawthorne                  90250     520         420     23.8%
Hermosa Beach              90254   1,200       1,015     18.2%
Huntington Park            90255     460         360     27.8%
Inglewood                  90301     489         330     48.2%
Inglewood                  90302     569         430     32.3%
Inglewood                  90303     499         402     24.1%
Inglewood                  90305     475         402     18.2%
L.A.                       90011     428         328     30.5%
L.A.                       90062     445         308     44.5%
L.A./Baldwin Hills         90008     664         570     16.5%
L.A./Baldwin Hills         90056     825         635     29.9%
L.A./Bel-Air               90077   1,734       1,054     64.5%
L.A./Brentwood             90049   2,005       1,350     48.5%
L.A./Brooklyn Heights      90033     470         324     45.1%
L.A./Central City West     90017     870         414    110.1%
L.A./Chesterfield Square   90047     450         325     38.5%
L.A./City College          90029     710         588     20.7%
L.A./City Terrace          90063     408         301     35.5%
L.A./Civic Center          90012     535         479     11.7%
L.A./Crenshaw District     90016     518         390     32.8%
L.A./Eagle Rock            90041     552         469     17.7%
L.A./East L.A.             90022     417         324     28.7%
L.A./East L.A.             90023     447         355     25.9%
L.A./Echo Park             90026     690         549     25.7%
L.A./El Sereno             90032     446         342     30.4%
L.A./Exposition Park       90037     450         352     27.8%
L.A./Hancock Park          90004     800         701     14.1%
L.A./Highland Park         90042     489         429     14.0%
L.A./Hollywood             90028     722         470     53.6%
L.A./Hollywood Hills       90068     850         850      0.0%
L.A./Koreatown             90005   1,395       1,120     24.6%
L.A./Koreatown             90006     800         585     36.8%
L.A./Laurel Canyon         90046     992         930      6.7%
L.A./Lincoln Heights       90031     436         352     23.9%
L.A./Los Feliz             90027     875         880     -0.6%
L.A./Mar Vista             90066     859         732     17.3%
L.A./Mid-City              90019     750         585     28.2%
L.A./Mid-Wilshire          90036   1,038         865     20.0%
L.A./Mt. Washington        90065     535         490      9.2%
L.A./Palms                 90034     792         660     20.0%
L.A./Rancho Park           90064   1,035         750     38.0%
L.A./Silver Lake           90039     705         550     28.2%
L.A./South Figueroa        90007     700         505     38.6%
L.A./South L.A.            90001     388         282     37.6%
L.A./South L.A.            90003     395         302     30.8%
L.A./South L.A.            90044     405         328     23.5%
L.A./South L.A.            90061     392         300     30.7%
L.A./South L.A.            90248     497         368     35.1%
L.A./South Robertson       90035   1,038         862     20.4%
L.A./Warehouse District    90021     960         355    170.4%
L.A./Watts                 90002     365         250     46.0%
L.A./West Adams            90018     535         370     44.6%
L.A./West Hollywood        90038     650         498     30.5%
L.A./West Hollywood        90048   1,227       1,110     10.5%
L.A./West Hollywood        90069   1,950         975    100.0%
L.A./West L.A.             90025     936         686     36.4%
L.A./Westchester           90045     800         650     23.1%
L.A./Westlake              90057     860         460     87.0%
L.A./Westwood              90024   1,310       1,330     -1.5%
L.A./Willowbrook           90059     375         250     50.0%
L.A./Windsor Hills         90043     467         397     17.6%
L.A./Windsor Square        90020   1,105       1,980    -44.2%
La Canada Flintridge       91011   1,274         865     47.3%
La Habra                   90631     596         488     22.1%
La Mirada                  90638     570         460     23.9%
La Puente                  91744     434         350     24.0%
La Puente                  91746     457         378     20.9%
La Verne                   91750     518         472      9.7%
Lake Hughes                93532     388         240     61.7%
Lakewood                   90712     549         440     24.8%
Lakewood                   90713     550         460     19.6%
Lakewood                   90715     549         421     30.4%
Lancaster                  93534     281         229     22.7%
Lancaster                  93535     300         236     27.1%
Lancaster                  93536     366         289     26.6%
Lawndale                   90260     550         502      9.6%
Lennox                     90304     491         400     22.8%
Littlerock                 93543     315         228     38.2%
Llano                      93544     512         516     -0.8%
Lomita                     90717     700         530     32.1%
Long Beach                 90802     741         630     17.6%
Long Beach                 90804     489         451      8.4%
Long Beach                 90805     435         350     24.3%
Long Beach                 90806     558         410     36.1%
Long Beach                 90807     649         512     26.8%
Long Beach                 90808     624         500     24.8%
Long Beach                 90810     456         355     28.5%
Long Beach                 90813     583         425     37.2%
Long Beach                 90814     675         782    -13.7%
Long Beach                 90815     607         514     18.1%
LB-Belmont Shore           90803   1,100         822     33.8%
Lynwood                    90262     415         322     28.9%
Malibu                     90265   1,901       1,680     13.2%
Manhattan Beach            90266   1,592       1,200     32.7%
Marina del Rey             90292     940       1,425    -34.0%
Maywood                    90270     428         330     29.7%
Mission Hills              91345     535         405     32.1%
Monrovia                   91016     552         505      9.3%
Montebello                 90640     515         396     30.1%
Monterey Park              91754     540         460     17.4%
Monterey Park              91755     610         435     40.2%
Montrose                   91020     742         715      3.8%
Newhall                    91321     570         461     23.6%
North Hills                91343     575         456     26.1%
North Hollywood            91601     650         467     39.2%
North Hollywood            91602     849         629     35.0%
North Hollywood            91605     535         427     25.3%
North Hollywood            91606     549         422     30.1%
Northridge                 91324     590         475     24.2%
Northridge                 91325     760         570     33.3%
Northridge                 91326     755         611     23.6%
Norwalk                    90650     455         365     24.7%
Pacific Palisades          90272   1,635       1,550      5.5%
Pacoima                    91331     489         374     30.7%
Palmdale                   93550     325         250     30.0%
Palmdale                   93551     425         345     23.2%
Palmdale                   93552     352         290     21.4%
Palmdale                   93591     252         188     34.0%
Palos Verdes Estates       90274   1,375       1,212     13.4%
Panorama City              91402     500         387     29.2%
Paramount                  90723     438         355     23.4%
Pasadena                   91101     480         625    -23.2%
Pasadena                   91103     620         456     36.0%
Pasadena                   91104     646         540     19.6%
Pasadena                   91105     952         789     20.7%
Pasadena                   91106   1,015         600     69.2%
Pasadena                   91107     702         607     15.7%
Pearblossom                93553      87         225    -61.3%
Phillips Ranch             91766     385         360      6.9%
Pico Rivera                90660     465         370     25.7%
Playa delRey               90293   1,258         880     43.0%
Pomona                     91767     418         358     16.8%
Pomona                     91768     372         316     17.7%
Rancho Palos Verdes        90275     970         900      7.8%
Redondo Beach              90277     911         846      7.7%
Redondo Beach              90278     764         650     17.5%
Reseda                     91335     520         430     20.9%
Rosemead                   91770     495         385     28.6%
Rowland Heights            91748     570         450     26.7%
San Dimas                  91773     555         460     20.7%
San Fernando               91340     500         372     34.4%
San Gabriel                91775     686         502     36.7%
San Gabriel                91776     530         440     20.5%
San Marino                 91108   1,252       1,200      4.3%
San Pedro                  90731     600         491     22.2%
San Pedro                  90732     586         624     -6.1%
Santa Clarita              91350     579         475     21.9%
Santa Clarita              91390     755         537     40.6%
Santa Fe Springs           90670     510         390     30.8%
Santa Monica               90401   1,047         N/A     N/A
Santa Monica               90402   2,052       1,600     28.3%
Santa Monica               90403   1,220       1,144      6.6%
Santa Monica               90404     890         645     38.0%
Santa Monica               90405     994         875     13.6%
Sherman Oaks               91403     899         680     32.2%
Sherman Oaks               91423     870         780     11.5%
Sierra Madre               91024     815         665     22.6%
Signal Hill                90755     650         665     -2.3%
South Gate                 90280     430         350     22.9%
South Pasadena             91030     855         669     27.8%
Stevenson Ranch            91381     530         610    -13.1%
Studio City                91604     992         764     29.8%
Sun Valley                 91352     514         410     25.4%
Sunland                    91040     520         430     20.9%
Sylmar                     91342     529         425     24.5%
Tarzana                    91356   1,155         784     47.3%
Temple City                91780     608         490     24.1%
Topanga                    90290     839         865     -3.0%
Torrance                   90501     602         568      6.0%
Torrance                   90502     555         450     23.3%
Torrance                   90503     812         680     19.4%
Torrance                   90504     570         519      9.8%
Torrance                   90505     855         690     23.9%
Tujunga                    91042     508         468      8.5%
Valencia                   91354     575         497     15.7%
Valencia                   91355     605         548     10.4%
Valley Village             91607     762         605     26.0%
Van Nuys                   91401     690         550     25.5%
Van Nuys                   91405     574         420     36.7%
Van Nuys                   91406     520         420     23.8%
Van Nuys                   91411     626         464     34.9%
Venice                     90291   1,216         903     34.7%
Vernon                     90058     370         284     30.3%
Walnut                     91789     620         550     12.7%
West Covina                91790     475         398     19.3%
West Covina                91791     535         475     12.6%
West Covina                91792     452         366     23.5%
West Hills                 91307     639         518     23.4%
Westlake Village           91361   1,083         825     31.3%
Westlake Village           91362     720         650     10.8%
Whittier                   90601     541         435     24.4%
Whittier                   90602     510         425     20.0%
Whittier                   90603     585         450     30.0%
Whittier                   90604     530         409     29.6%
Whittier                   90605     488         388     25.8%
Whittler                   90606     465         372     25.0%
Wilmington                 90744     485         369     31.4%
Winnetka                   91306     560         430     30.2%
Woodland Hills             91364     768         695     10.5%
Woodland Hills             91367     728         598     21.7%

                           Nov. Home Sales   Percent
Community                  2005      2004    Change

Los Angeles County         9,675   10,112      -4.3%

Acton                         18       19      -5.3%
Agoura Hills                  37       32      15.6%
Alhambra                      26       31     -16.1%
Alhambra                      26       19      36.8%
Altadena                      56       49      14.3%
Arcadia                       39       48     -18.8%
Arcadia                       22       33     -33.3%
Artesia                       19       19       0.0%
Azusa                         41       58     -29.3%
Baldwin Park                  65       74     -12.2%
Bell/Bell Gardens             34       28      21.4%
Bellflower                    60       76     -21.1%
Beverly Hills                 12       16     -25.0%
Beverly Hills                  5        9     -44.4%
Beverly Hills                  4        2     100.0%
Burbank                       17       18      -5.6%
Burbank                        2      N/A        N/A
Burbank                       30       30       0.0%
Burbank                       35       57     -38.6%
Burbank                       18       17       5.9%
Calabasas                     50       38      31.6%
Canoga Park                   12       24     -50.0%
Canoga Park                   43       54     -20.4%
Canyon Country                38       48     -20.8%
Canyon Country                87       72      20.8%
Carson                        59       58       1.7%
Carson                        25       31     -19.4%
Castaic                       37       48     -22.9%
Cerritos                      60       72     -16.7%
Chatsworth                    41       52     -21.2%
City of Commerce               7       13     -46.2%
Claremont                     42       47     -10.6%
Compton                       62       60       3.3%
Compton                       49       56     -12.5%
Compton                       38       41      -7.3%
Covina                        47       40      17.5%
Covina                        13       21     -38.1%
Covina                        33       32       3.1%
Culver City                   25       21      19.0%
Culver City                   14       18     -22.2%
Diamond Bar                   55       52       5.8%
Downey                        26       31     -16.1%
Downey                        33       42     -21.4%
Downey                        54       49      10.2%
Duarte-Bradbury               30       31      -3.2%
El Monte                      12       20     -40.0%
El Monte                      42       41       2.4%
El Monte-South El Monte       21       29     -27.6%
El Segundo                    13       11      18.2%
Encino                        28       28       0.0%
Encino                        22       22       0.0%
Gardena                       46       29      58.6%
Gardena                       22       27     -18.5%
Glendale                      18       13      38.5%
Glendale                      15       20      -2.5%
Glendale                       8        8       0.0%
Glendale                       8        7      14.3%
Glendale                      22       18      22.2%
Glendale                      23       21       9.5%
Glendale                      17       15      13.3%
Glendale                      34       30      13.3%
Glendale-La Crescenta         44       42       4.8%
Glendora                      33       30      10.0%
Glendora                      30       37     -18.9%
Granada Hills                 65       76     -14.5%
Hacienda Heights              58       72     -19.4%
Harbor City                   41        8     412.5%
Hawaiian Gardens              12        9      33.3%
Hawthorne                     61       79     -22.8%
Hermosa Beach                 25       25       0.0%
Huntington Park               32       51     -37.3%
Inglewood                     16       11      45.5%
Inglewood                     13       17     -23.5%
Inglewood                     17       24     -29.2%
Inglewood                     11       14     -21.4%
L.A.                          72       80     -10.0%
L.A.                          45       34      32.4%
L.A./Baldwin Hills            20       24     -16.7%
L.A./Baldwin Hills             5        6     -16.7%
L.A./Bel-Air                   8       12     -33.3%
L.A./Brentwood                19       23     -17.4%
L.A./Brooklyn Heights         11       26     -57.7%
L.A./Central City West         2        2       0.0%
L.A./Chesterfield Square      79       61      29.5%
L.A./City College             15       20     -25.0%
L.A./City Terrace             31       30       3.3%
L.A./Civic Center              3        3       0.0%
L.A./Crenshaw District        50       52      -3.8%
L.A./Eagle Rock               32       28      14.3%
L.A./East L.A.                34       22      54.5%
L.A./East L.A.                17       26     -34.6%
L.A./Echo Park                53       54      -1.9%
L.A./El Sereno                44       44       0.0%
L.A./Exposition Park          53       51       3.9%
L.A./Hancock Park             16       28     -42.9%
L.A./Highland Park            38       71     -46.5%
L.A./Hollywood                 6        5      20.0%
L.A./Hollywood Hills          45       35      28.6%
L.A./Koreatown                11        5     120.0%
L.A./Koreatown                21       20       5.0%
L.A./Laurel Canyon            34       24      41.7%
L.A./Lincoln Heights          22       28     -21.4%
L.A./Los Feliz                33       28      17.9%
L.A./Mar Vista                28       46     -39.1%
L.A./Mid-City                 37       50     -26.0%
L.A./Mid-Wilshire             21       19      10.5%
L.A./Mt. Washington           36       56     -35.7%
L.A./Palms                    36       30      20.0%
L.A./Rancho Park              19       33     -42.4%
L.A./Silver Lake              37       37       0.0%
L.A./South Figueroa           13       18     -27.8%
L.A./South L.A.               31       40     -22.5%
L.A./South L.A.               95       85      11.8%
L.A./South L.A.               97       80      21.3%
L.A./South L.A.               26       36     -27.8%
L.A./South L.A.               10        8      25.0%
L.A./South Robertson          18       12      50.0%
L.A./Warehouse District        1        5     -80.0%
L.A./Watts                    75       59      27.1%
L.A./West Adams               40       45     -11.1%
L.A./West Hollywood           11        6      83.3%
L.A./West Hollywood           17       19     -10.5%
L.A./West Hollywood           15       13      15.4%
L.A./West L.A.                 8       10     -20.0%
L.A./Westchester              43       46      -6.5%
L.A./Westlake                  9        5      80.0%
L.A./Westwood                  7       10     -30.0%
L.A./Willowbrook              47       63     -25.4%
L.A./Windsor Hills            57       46      23.9%
L.A./Windsor Square            3        4     -25.0%
La Canada Flintridge          16       41     -61.0%
La Habra                      62       24     158.3%
La Mirada                     56       58      -3.4%
La Puente                     77       96     -19.8%
La Puente                     32       26      23.1%
La Verne                      36       57     -36.8%
Lake Hughes                    6        1     500.0%
Lakewood                      52       64     -18.8%
Lakewood                      44       51     -13.7%
Lakewood                      23       22       4.5%
Lancaster                    105      101       4.0%
Lancaster                    184      153      20.3%
Lancaster                    158      135      17.0%
Lawndale                      24       44     -22.7%
Lennox                        19       14      35.7%
Littlerock                    32       38     -15.8%
Llano                          2        2       0.0%
Lomita                        15       16      -6.3%
Long Beach                    11       12      -8.3%
Long Beach                    23       27     -14.8%
Long Beach                   108      101       6.9%
Long Beach                    37       35       5.7%
Long Beach                    45       44       2.3%
Long Beach                    65       58      12.1%
Long Beach                    28       43     -34.9%
Long Beach                    43       33      30.3%
Long Beach                    27       16      68.8%
Long Beach                    46       44       4.5%
LB-Belmont Shore              25       32     -21.9%
Lynwood                       59       58       1.7%
Malibu                        18       24     -25.0%
Manhattan Beach               46       49      -6.1%
Marina del Rey                 5        7     -28.6%
Maywood                       10       18     -44.4%
Mission Hills                 21       17      23.5%
Monrovia                      49       41      19.5%
Montebello                    37       56     -33.9%
Monterey Park                 19       26     -26.9%
Monterey Park                 16       15       6.7%
Montrose                       8        3     166.7%
Newhall                       29       32      -9.4%
North Hills                   64       68      -5.9%
North Hollywood               29       36     -19.4%
North Hollywood               11       15     -26.7%
North Hollywood               41       52     -21.2%
North Hollywood               45       38      18.4%
Northridge                    31       37     -16.2%
Northridge                    25       31     -19.4%
Northridge                    63       78     -19.2%
Norwalk                      140      116      20.7%
Pacific Palisades             27       19      42.1%
Pacoima                      106       81      30.9%
Palmdale                     201      189       6.3%
Palmdale                     213       99     115.2%
Palmdale                      89      108     -17.6%
Palmdale                      28       27       3.7%
Palos Verdes Estates          29       36     -19.4%
Panorama City                 43       35      22.9%
Paramount                     22       45     -51.1%
Pasadena                       1        2     -50.0%
Pasadena                      24       24       0.0%
Pasadena                      40       47     -14.9%
Pasadena                      12       15     -20.0%
Pasadena                      19       21      -9.5%
Pasadena                      46       44       4.5%
Pearblossom                    3        1     200.0%
Phillips Ranch                85       80       6.3%
Pico Rivera                   61       49      24.5%
Playa delRey                   6        9     -33.3%
Pomona                        61       89     -31.5%
Pomona                        38       44     -13.6%
Rancho Palos Verdes           43       47      -8.5%
Redondo Beach                 26       14      85.7%
Redondo Beach                 37       43     -14.0%
Reseda                        85       93      -8.6%
Rosemead                      36       37      -2.7%
Rowland Heights               48       67     -28.4%
San Dimas                     45       60     -25.0%
San Fernando                  27       27       0.0%
San Gabriel                   26       29     -10.3%
San Gabriel                   30       24      25.0%
San Marino                    12       23     -47.8%
San Pedro                     43       60     -28.3%
San Pedro                     17       20     -15.0%
Santa Clarita                 54       85     -36.5%
Santa Clarita                 35       38      -7.9%
Santa Fe Springs              17        9      88.9%
Santa Monica                   3      N/A        N/A
Santa Monica                  11        8      37.5%
Santa Monica                   5        4      25.0%
Santa Monica                   6        4      50.0%
Santa Monica                  16       12      33.3%
Sherman Oaks                  21       33     -36.4%
Sherman Oaks                  20       27     -25.9%
Sierra Madre                  17       19     -10.5%
Signal Hill                    9        9       0.0%
South Gate                    79       92     -14.1%
South Pasadena                19       18       5.6%
Stevenson Ranch               54       63     -14.3%
Studio City                   34       28      21.4%
Sun Valley                    60       40      50.0%
Sunland                       27       34     -20.6%
Sylmar                        90      104     -13.5%
Tarzana                       25       41     -39.0%
Temple City                   40       51     -21.6%
Topanga                        9        8      12.5%
Torrance                      38       39      -2.6%
Torrance                      20       12      66.7%
Torrance                      42       25      68.0%
Torrance                      23       30     -23.3%
Torrance                      29       32      -9.4%
Tujunga                       27       38     -28.9%
Valencia                     102      152     -32.9%
Valencia                      54       70     -22.9%
Valley Village                13       24     -45.8%
Van Nuys                      35       21      66.7%
Van Nuys                      24       32      -2.5%
Van Nuys                      48       82     -41.5%
Van Nuys                      18       20     -10.0%
Venice                        34       37      -8.1%
Vernon                         2        2       0.0%
Walnut                        49       50      -2.0%
West Covina                   47       52      -9.6%
West Covina                   36       50     -28.0%
West Covina                   38       40      -5.0%
West Hills                    41       42      -2.4%
Westlake Village              35       27      29.6%
Westlake Village              49       47       4.3%
Whittier                      35       41     -14.6%
Whittier                      24       24       0.0%
Whittier                      21       21       0.0%
Whittier                      50       48       4.2%
Whittier                      52       40      30.0%
Whittler                      29       29       0.0%
Wilmington                    39       35      11.4%
Winnetka                      66       67      -1.5%
Woodland Hills                43       44      -2.3%
Woodland Hills                44       48      -8.3%

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