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Soft sales volume sounds like shift in housing market.


Even as 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's median home price continued to break records in May, the number of homes sold--often 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.
 of a looming looming: see mirage.  market correction--continued to drop.

The $550,000 countywide coun·ty·wide  
adv. & adj.
Throughout a whole county: found at locations countywide; a countywide search.

Adj. 1.
 median price for existing homes in May was 16 percent higher than a year earlier and 1 percent higher than 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 Mellville, N.Y. company that tracks housing prices nationwide.

Even so, clouds are on the horizon.

There were 8,949 homes sold last month, 17 percent fewer than a year ago. And the 35,558 homes sold to date this year is off 15 percent from the first five months of 2005.

The drop in sales volume has contributed to an accumulating inventory of available homes which are staying on the market longer. 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 estimates that as of April, homes in L.A. County were staying on the market a median 35 days, compared to 25 days a year ago. There was 5.6 months of inventory in the overall Los Angeles market in April, compared to just two months' worth a year ago.

Six months worth of inventory is generally considered a balanced market for both buyers and sellers. A hot topic among real estate professionals at a statewide CAR meeting in Sacramento Sacramento, city, United States
Sacramento (săkrəmĕn`tō), city (1990 pop. 369,365), state capital and seat of Sacramento co., central Calif.
 last week centered on the challenges of convincing sellers to lower their expectations.

"We've we've  

Contraction of we have.

we've have
 transitioned to a slower 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, the association's 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 . "But you've you've  

Contraction of you have.


you've you have
you've have
 got a situation where sellers are still tied to prices that would have been appropriate a year ago, when inventory was significantly lower."

May sales volume was up 25 percent from April as the market gears up for summer, typically the biggest sales months.

"Once we have the full second quarter numbers in, we'll we'll  

Contraction of we will.


we'll we will or we shall
we'll will ~shall
 have a better idea of how we're we're  

Contraction of we are.


we're we are
 doing, going into the peak selling season," said Patrick Duffy Patrick G. Duffy (born March 17, 1949 in Townsend, Montana) is an American television actor, who appeared primarily in soap operas and television, who is of Irish descent. , managing director of consulting for Costa-Mesa-based Hanley For the town or former electoral district located in Saskatchewan, Canada, see and Hanley (electoral district).  Wood Market Intelligence. "But we're coming off what historically were very high numbers, which were fueled by low interest rates. It was going to be hard to maintain that."

Low-end low-end
adj.
1. Cheapest in a line of merchandise: low-end subcompact cars.

2. Informal Of, relating to, or intended for low-income consumers; downscale:
 falls

The drop off in sales is even being seen in the affordable Antelope antelope, name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae).  Valley's Lancaster Lancaster, city, England
Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River.
, whose three ZIP codes 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.
 have accounted for 5 percent of the county's total sales volume. In May, sales were off 10 percent from a year ago, though the median price continued to appreciate 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. , up 21 percent in the 93534 and 93535 ZIP codes and by 17 percent in the 93536 ZIP, which had the highest median price in that city at $380,000.

While 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
 has a growing job base, it also is an affordable haven for commuters. Peggy Peggy may refer to:
  • Peggy (musical), a 1911 musical comedy by Stuart and Bovill
  • Peggy (given name), people with the given name Peggy
See also
  • Peggy-Ann, a 1926 musical comedy by Rodgers and Hart
 Mueller
You may be looking for someone or something called Muller or Müller.


Mueller may refer to:

People
  • Bill Mueller (born 1971), U.S.
, president of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672.  Division of the Southland south·land or South·land  
n.
A region in the south of a country or an area.



southland·er n.

Noun 1.
 Regional Association of Realtors, said months of record-high gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by  prices may be starting to take its toll.

"In the Santa Clarita Valley and the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley

Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills.
 you have transit transit, in astronomy, passage of a body across a meridian or passage of a small body across the visible disk of a larger one. (The passage of a large body across a smaller one is called an eclipse or occultation.  into the city, but if you live in the Antelope Valley, you've got to drive your car," Mueller said.

Rising interest rates also have contributed to the slowing market. "If you make $3,000 a month, you can still only afford maybe a $1,000 a month for your house, or you either have to buy less house, try to negotiate a lower price, or wait," Mueller said.

While the sales volume so far this year has been well off the record pace of the last several years, the Years, The

the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109]

See : Time
 region's still-robust economy is continuing to fuel demand for housing and prop up Verb 1. prop up - support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"
prop, shore up, shore

hold up, support, sustain, hold - be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported
 pricing, particularly at the highest and lowest ends of the market.

Often the county's priciest neighborhood in a given month, Santa Monica's 90402 ZIP code, north of Montana Avenue Montana Avenue in California USA is a primarily residential street that stretches from Ocean Avenue to Barrington Avenue in Brentwood. The intersection of Montana and Barrington is one of the busiest in the area, due to its proximity to Sunset Boulevard. , saw its May median of $2.3 million from eight sales eclipsed by Windsor Windsor, British royal family
Windsor (wĭn`zər), family name of the royal house of Great Britain. The name Wettin, family name of Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, consort of Queen Victoria, was changed to Windsor by George V in 1917.
 Square, where the median of five homes sold hit $3.2 million.

Among a record 14 communities recording median prices above $1.5 million were Beverly Beverly, city (1990 pop. 38,195), Essex co., NE Mass., on Massachusetts Bay; inc. as a city 1894. Its chief manufactures are electronic and scientific equipment, consumer goods, and chemicals.  Hills' 90212 and 90210 ZIP codes at $2.08 million and $1.81 million, respectively; Malibu at $1.89 million; Brentwood Brentwood, city and district, England
Brentwood, city (1991 pop. 51,212) and district, Essex, SE England. Brentwood is mainly residential but produces some agricultural equipment, film, and prefabricated concrete.
 at $1.84 million; 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).  at $1.77 million, 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.  at $1.76 million; 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.
 at $1.65 million; and Calabasas at $1.64 million. Sales volume in all these areas was off year-ago levels.

Aside from the rural and suburban north end of the county, only a handful of communities remain where the median price is still below $400,000, including Compton Compton, city (1990 pop. 90,454), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb between Los Angeles and Long Beach; inc. 1888. It has aircraft, electronic, and steel industries. Largely African American, Compton is a noted center for rap music. , where the median ranges from 390,000 to $400,000 in its three ZIP codes; Watts Watts, residential section of south central Los Angeles. Named after C. H. Watts, a Pasadena realtor, the section became part of Los Angeles in 1926. Artist Simon Rodia's celebrated Watts Towers are there.  at $390,000; and Willowbrook Willowbrook may mean:
  • Willowbrook, California
  • Willowbrook, DuPage County, Illinois
  • Willowbrook, Kansas
  • Willowbrook, Staten Island, a neighborhood of Staten Island, New York
 at $375,000. Sales volume in these areas in most cases was only slightly lower last month.

"The low end and the high end of the market are still doing okay, 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
 the great middle that's being most impacted," Duffy Duffy is a surname of Irish origin. It comes from the original Irish name Ó Dubhthaigh, meaning descendant or grandson of Dubhthach. Dubhthach was an Old Irish first name meaning "Dark one".  said. "It's more a consumer sentiment Sentiment can refer to:
  • feelings and emotions
  • the literary device sentimentality, which is used to induce an emotional response disproportionate to the situation, and thus to substitute heightened and generally unthinking feeling for normal ethical and intellectual
 and affordability issue, than it is a market demand issue. There's still plenty of demand for housing--the question is at what price."

Among the middle-income mid·dle-in·come
adj.
Of or relating to people or groups whose income falls in the middle of the range for an overall population.
 communities that have seen their housing markets cool significantly are Arcadia Arcadia, region of ancient Greece
Arcadia (ärkā`dēə), region of ancient Greece, in the middle of the Peloponnesus, without a seaboard, and surrounded and dissected by mountains.
 in the San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. , Burbank Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War.  in the San Fernando Valley and Lakewood Lakewood.

1 City (1990 pop. 73,557), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential and industrial suburb of Long Beach; inc. 1954. Nearby are extensive aerospace, high-technology, and electronic industries.

2 City (1990 pop.
 in the South Bay.

Arcadia saw sales drop some 20 percent and 50 percent in its two ZIP codes, though prices continued to appreciate. Burbank saw sales fall as much as a third in one of its more active ZIP codes, with the median price there falling to $794,000 from $910,000. In Lakewood, two of three ZIP codes saw sales fall about a quarter,

What defines a middle market, of course, is always relative. For Jeff Hyland Hyland can refer to any of the following:
  • Brian Hyland, American musician
  • Diana Hyland, American actress
  • Drew Hyland, American academic and philosopher
  • Frances Hyland, Canadian actress
  • Harry Hyland, Canadian ice hockey player
, president of Hilton Hil·ton   , Conrad Nicholson 1887-1979.

American hotel-chain organizer who acquired hotels in many American cities and in 1946 founded the Hilton Hotel Corporation.
 & Hyland, whose territory includes the exclusive Westside Adj. 1. westside - of the western part of a city; "he lives in upper westside Manhattan"
west - situated in or facing or moving toward the west
 communities of Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , Bel Air Bel Air may refer to:

Places in the United States:
  • Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California, a district of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Bel Air, Alabama
  • Bel Air, Kentucky
  • Bel Air, Maryland
, Brentwood and Malibu, it's the homes below $5 million that are stluggling for attention. He noted that another brokerage BROKERAGE, contracts. The trade or occupation of a broker; the commissions paid to a broker for his services.  sold a Beverly Hills home the same day it went on the market on June June: see month.  2 for its $23.5 million asking price.

"We've had more homes above $10 million sell so far this year than ever on record," Hyland said. "There's so much demand and so little supply. There are all these big people who have made so much money, and this is where they want to be. And no one wants to sell because there's nowhere else to go here. Above a certain price, the market creates its own cyclone cyclone, atmospheric pressure distribution in which there is a low central pressure relative to the surrounding pressure. The resulting pressure gradient, combined with the Coriolis effect, causes air to circulate about the core of lowest pressure in a .
Market Highlights

MOST EXPENSIVE

                                       5/06    5/06      5/05
                      ZIP     Home    Median   Median
Community             Code    Sales   Price    Price    Change

L.A./Windsor Square   90020     5     $3,200   $1,050   204.8%
Marina del Rey        90292     2      2,975    1,130   163.3%
Santa Monica          90402     8      2,309    1,924    20.0%
Beverly Hills         90212     4      2,080    2,050     1.5%
Malibu                90265    15      1,890    1,750     8.0%
Santa Monica          90403     4      1,888      935   101.9%
LAJBrentwood          90049    12      1,842    1,510    22.0%
Beverly Hills         90210    12      1,812    1,895    -4.4%
Pacific Palisades     90272    27      1,775    1,695     4.7%
Manhattan Beach       90266    52      1,766    1,460    21.0%

INCREASED ACTIVITY

                    ZIP    5/06    5/05    Percent   Median   Change
Community           Code   Sales   Sales   Change    Price    vs. '05

Inglewood           90305   38      13      192.3      $578     31.4%
L.A./Hollywood      90028    8       5       60.0       950     71.5%
Carson              90745   63      40       57.5       500     17.6%
San Marina          91108   22      14       57.1     1,214     -2.5%
Gardena             90249   31      20       55.0       520     19.3%
Torrance            90504   40      28      429.1       622      7.2%
Pacific Palisades   90272   27      19       42.1     1,775      4.7%
L.A./Silver take    90039   31      23       34.8       664      8.9%
Signal Hill         90755   16      12       33.3       585    -19.6%
L.A./Westchester    90045   41      31       32.3       845     14.0%

Note: ZIP codes with substantial sales included.

Sale price in thousands

PRICE GAINS

                              5/06     5/06     5/05
                      ZIP     Home    Median   Median
Community             Code    Sales   Price    Price    Change

L.A./Windsor Square   90020     5     $3,200   $1,050   204.8%
Santa Monica          90403     4      1,888      935   101.9%
Pasadena              91106    15      1,230      684    79.8%
L.A./Hollywood        90028     8        950      554    71.5%
L.A./South Park       90015     5        519      325    59.7%
Inglewood             90302    14        594      386    53.9%
Burbank               91504    26        824      542    52.0%
L.A./Mid-City         90019    43        941      630    49.4%
Calabasas             91302    30      1,642    1,100    49.3%
L.A./East L.A.        90022    29        488      330    47.9%

PRICE LOSSES

                            5/06     5/06     5/05
                    ZIP     Home    Median   Median
Community           Code    Sales   Price    Price    Change

Pasadena            91101     5       $552   $1,025   -46.1%
L.A./Civic Center   90012     4        572      850   -32.7%
Signal Hill         90755    16        585      728   -19.6%
Pasadena            91105    13        901    1,121   -19.6%
L.A./Bel-Air        90077    11      1,420    1,715   -17.2%
Lomita              90717    15        596      699   -14.7%
Burbank             91501    10        794      910   -12.7%
Glendale            91203     6        592      673    -1.2%
Santa Clarita       91350    91        455      500    -9.0%
L.A./Rancho Park    90064    24        844      916    -7.9%

Source: HomeData Corp., www.homedata.com

May 2006 Existing Nome Sales in L.A. County

                                                       May Median Price
                     ZIP     May Home Sales   Percent    (thousands)
Community            Code     2006    2005    Change      2006    2005

Los Angeles County           5,309   6,660     -20.3%     $525    $438

Acton                93510      11      14     -21.4%      530     472
Agoura Hills         91301      22      44     -50.0%      802     728
Alhambra             91801      31      32      -3.1%      595     528
Alhambra             91803      19      20      -5.0%      580     514
Altadena             91001      47      44       6.8%      649     570
Arcadia              91006      38      47     -19.1%      780     700
Arcadia              91007      17      33     -48.5%      860     825
Artesia              90701       8      20     -60.0%      436     438
Azusa                91702      45      71     -36.6%      448     395
Baldwin Park         91706      63      64      -1.6%      435     388
Bell/Bell Gardens    90201      42      39       7.7%      565     398
Bellflower           90706      53      90     -41.1%      525     461
Beverly Hills        90210      12      31     -61.3%    1,812   1,895
Beverly Hills        90211       3       8     -62.5%    1,400   1,182
Beverly Hills        90212       4       7     -42.9%    2,080   2,050
Burbank              91501      10      15     -33.3%      794     910
Burbank              91502       2       4     -50.0%      400   1,975
Burbank              91504      26      24       8.3%      824     542
Burbank              91505      44      37      18.9%      636     550
Burbank              91506      26      31     -16.1%      670     599
Calabasas            91302      30      50     -40.0%    1,642   1,100
Canoga Park          91303      14      16     -12.5%      525     428
Canoga Park          91304      47      39      20.5%      655     575
Canyon Country       91351      35      64     -45.3%      521     454
Canyon Country       91387      34      79     -57.0%      576     552
Carson               90745      63      40      57.5%      500     425
Carson               90746      34      28      21.4%      567     472
Castaic              91384      37      67     -44.8%      645     483
Cerritos             90703      57      59      -3.4%      630     616
Chatsworth           91311      46      65     -29.2%      622     605
City of Commerce     90040       8      12     -33.3%      438     365
Claremont            91711      41      48     -14.6%      575     540
Compton              90220      50      66     -24.2%      398     320
Compton              90221      62      57       8.8%      400     325
Compton              90222      39      36       8.3%      390     292
Covina               91722      29      54     -46.3%      500     414
Covina               91723      14      24     -41.7%      540     444
Covina               91724      19      28     -32.1%      560     454
Culver City          90230      30      25      20.0%      692     590
Culver City          90232      14      14       0.0%      775     834
Diamond Bar          91765      44      62     -29.0%      624     520
Downey               90240      46      44       4.5%      650     564
Downey               90241      41      40       2.5%      680     532
Downey               90242      38      46     -17.4%      570     512
Duarte--Bradbury     91010      30      27      11.1%      475     405
El Monte             91731      29      25      16.0%      575     440
El Monte             91732      42      47     -10.6%      477     415
El Monte--South      91733      17      39     -56.4%      495     425
El Monte
El Segundo           90245      18      19      -5.3%      887     839
Encino               91316      29      44     -34.1%      659     619
Encino               91436      22      29     -24.1%    1,040     965
Gardena              90247      25      28     -10.7%      617     460
Gardena              90249      31      20      55.0%      520     436
Glendale             91201      12      30     -60.0%      757     652
Glendale             91202      16      27     -40.7%      823     795
Glendale             91203       6       6       0.0%      592     673
Glendale             91204       2       3     -33.3%    1,642     600
Glendale             91205       8      16     -50.0%      740     611
Glendale             91206      13      25     -48.0%      825     683
Glendale             91207       9      14     -35.7%      990     855
Glendale             91208      25      21      19.0%      790     800
Glendale--La         91214      32      49     -34.7%      756     630
Crescenta
Glendora             91740      21      30     -30.0%      505     446
Glendora             91741      34      31       9.7%      609     515
Granada Hills        91344      74      97     -23.7%      630     540
Hacienda Heights     91745      59      79     -25.3%      604     462
Harbor City          90710      19      23     -17.4%      609     550
Hawaiian Gardens     90716      13      14      -7.1%      440     362
Hawthorne            90250      64      69      -7.2%      528     475
Hermosa Beach        90254      23      31     -25.8%    1,260   1,010
Huntington Park      90255      33      46     -28.3%      465     374
Inglewood            90301      10      22     -54.5%      528     428
Inglewood            90302      14      18     -22.2%      594     386
Inglewood            90303      15      21     -28.6%      519     427
Inglewood            90305      38      13     192.3%      578     440
L.A.                 90011      95      78      21.8%      440     350
L.A.                 90062      28      31      -9.7%      487     385
L.A./Baldwin Hills   90008      20      22      -9.1%      600     588
L.A.Baldwin Hills    90056      11      11       0.0%      945     750
L.A./Bel-Air         90077      11      13     -15.4%    1,420   1,715
L.A./Brentwood       90049      12      13      -7.7%    1,842   1,510
L.A./Brooklyn        90033      21      20       5.0%      495     440
Heights
L.A./Central City    90017       1       1       0.0%      700     497
West
L.A./Chesterfield    90047      66      67      -1.5%      462     375
Square
L.A./City College    90029      16      15       6.7%      728     630
L.A./City Terrace    90063      33      35      -5.7%      460     345
L.A./Civic Center    90012       4       6     -33.3%      572     850
L.A./Crenshaw        90016      39      46     -15.2%      536     474
District
L.A./Eagle Rock      90041      17      42     -59.5%      620     558
L.A./East L.A.       90022      29      40     -27.5%      488     330
L.A./East L.A.       90023      15      15       0.0%      449     380
L.A./Echo Park       90026      43      60     -28.3%      725     569
L.A./El Sereno       90032      42      56     -25.0%      460     398
L.A./Exposition      90037      47      44       6.8%      485     382
Park
L.A./Hancock Park    90004      19      19       0.0%      960     830
L.A./Highland Park   90042      52      67     -22.4%      518     440
L.A./Hollywood       90028       8       5      60.0%      950     554
L.A./Hollywood       90068      33      40     -17.5%    1,055     946
Hills
L.A./Koreatown       90005       8      13     -38.5%    1,085     802
L.A./Koreatown       90006      16      32     -50.0%      662     622
L.A./Laurel Canyon   90046      22      37     -40.5%    1,046     960
L.A./Lincoln         90031      20      26     -23.1%      440     430
Heights
L.A./Los Feliz       90027      20      27     -25.9%    1,024     775
L.A./Mar Vista       90066      40      39       2.6%      824     782
L.A./Mid-City        90019      43      54     -20.4%      941     630
L.A./Mid-Wilshire    90036      10      17     -41.2%    1,228     880
L.A./Mt.             90065      34      57     -40.4%      535     453
Washington
L.A./Palms           90034      28      30      -6.7%      828     700
L.A./Rancho Park     90064      24      27     -11.1%      844     916
L.A./Silver Lake     90039      31      23      34.8%      664     610
L.A./South           90007      12      21     -42.9%      652     540
Figueroa
L.A./South L.A.      90001      43      61     -29.5%      430     330
L.A./South L.A.      90003      79      74       6.8%      420     332
L.A./South L.A.      90044      83      86      -3.5%      410     357
L.A./South L.A.      90061      25      36     -30.6%      410     330
L.A./South L.A.      90248       9       9       0.0%      585     500
L.A./South Park      90015       5       7     -28.6%      519     325
L.A./South           90035      16      14      14.3%    1,238   1,004
Robertson
L.A./Warehouse       90021       1       1       0.0%      799     485
District
L.A./Watts           90002      65      77     -15.6%      391     310
L.A./West Adams      90018      35      35       0.0%      566     418
L.A./West            90038       5       14    -64.3%      760     647
Hollywood
L.A./West            90048      20      24     -16.7%    1,220   1,029
Hollywood
L.A./West            90069       8       14    -42.9%    1,372   1,008
Hollywood
L.A./West L.A.       90025       5       7     -28.6%    1,385     940
L.A./Westchester     90045      41      31      32.3%      845     741
L.A./Westlake        90057       2       8      -7.5%      720     615
L.A./Westwood        90024       7      11     -36.4%    1,654   1,350
L.A./Willowbrook     90059      63      53      18.9%      375     305
L.A./Windsor Hills   90043      39      53     -26.4%      511     435
L.A./Windsor         90020       5       8     -37.5%    3,200   1,050
Square
La Canada            91011      25      36     -30.6%    1,365     999
Flintridge
La Habra             90631      43      79     -45.6%      585     490
La Mirada            90638      45      65     -30.8%      550     500
La Puente            91744      77      94     -18.1%      453     391
La Puente            91746      20      34     -41.2%      452     372
La Veme              91750      34      55     -38.2%      540     481
Lake Hughes          93532       2       2       0.0%      314     268
Lakewood             90712      49      46       6.5%      540     472
Lakewood             90713      35      46     -23.9%      550     502
Lakewood             90715      19      26     -26.9%      508     477
Lancaster            93534     102     116     -12.1%      298     245
Lancaster            93535     172     197     -12.7%      315     260
Lancaster            93536     167     177      -5.6%      380     325
Lawndale             90260      27      31     -12.9%      600     510
Lennox               90304      13      13       0.0%      480     350
Littlerock           93543      29      34     -14.7%      350     275
Llano                93544       1       4     -75.0%      251     330
Lomita               90717      15      17     -11.8%      596     699
Long Beach           90802       9      12     -25.0%      547     512
Long Beach           90804      32      37     -13.5%      600     539
Long Beach           90805     111     121      -8.3%      470     390
Long Beach           90806      35      53     -34.0%      565     485
Long Beach           90807      39      52     -25.0%      629     592
Long Beach           90808      50      62     -19.4%      582     578
Long Beach           90810      32      50     -36.0%      482     382
Long Beach           90813      33      51     -35.3%      558     499
Long Beach           90814      18      17       5.9%      764     713
Long Beach           90815      42      46      -8.7%      619     588
Long Beach/          90803      28      50     -44.0%      958     880
Belmont Shore
Lynwood              90262      45      62     -27.4%      475     365
Malibu               90265      15      25     -40.0%    1,890   1,750
Manhattan Beach      90266      52      58     -10.3%    1,766   1,460
Marina del Rey       90292       2       8     -75.0%    2,975   1,130
Maywood              90270      16      23     -30.4%      470     360
Mission Hills        91345      21      23      -8.7%      555     445
Monrovia             91016      39      54     -27.8%      585     540
Montebello           90640      36      44     -18.2%      530     460
Monterey Park        91754      17      18      -5.6%      569     434
Monterey Park        91755      13      28     -53.6%      574     538
Montrose             91020       7       7       0.0%      685     585
Newhall              91321      33      43     -23.3%      599     598
North Hills          91343      44      53     -17.0%      580     525
North Hollywood      91601      21      33     -36.4%      659     605
North Hollywood      91602      13      15     -13.3%      875     775
North Hollywood      91605      42      47     -10.6%      564     480
North Hollywood      91606      27      43     -37.2%      610     460
Northridge           91324      25      32     -21.9%      600     530
Northridge           91325      32      38     -15.8%      644     596
Northridge           91326      49      61     -19.7%      843     725
Norwalk              90650     127     141      -9.9%      477     420
Pacific Palisades    90272      27      19      42.1%    1,775   1,695
Pacoima              91331      89      94      -5.3%      515     430
Palmdale             93550     188     221     -14.9%      324     283
Palmdale             93551     171     170       0.6%      425     390
Palmdale             93552     111     118      -5.9%      373     299
Palmdale             93591      16      20     -20.0%      282     225
Palos Verdes         90274      19      26     -26.9%    1,350   1,388
Estates
Panorama City        91402      34      51     -33.3%      502     433
Paramount            90723      26      27      -3.7%      462     360
Pasadena             91101       5       4      25.0%      552   1,025
Pasadena             91103      30      27      11.1%      620     630
Pasadena             91104      41      37      10.8%      635     635
Pasadena             91105      13      18     -27.8%      901   1,121
Pasadena             91106      15      18     -16.7%    1,230     684
Pasadena             91107      37      41      -9.8%      720     695
Pearblossom          93553       1       2     -50.0%      255     291
Phillips Ranch       91766      80      80       0.0%      420     350
Pico Rivera          90660      63      58       8.6%      498     398
Playa del Rey        90293       5       6     -16.7%    1,250   1,084
Pomona               91767      75      75       0.0%      445     369
Pomona               91768      43      56     -23.2%      415     341
Rancho Palos         90275      43      38      13,2%    1,145     984
Verdes
Redondo Beach        90277      14      30     -53.3%    1,112     905
Redondo Beach        90278      36      43     -16.3%      855     821
Reseda               91335      72      97     -25.8%      557     470
Rosemead             91770      34      60     -43.3%      518     488
Rowland Heights      91748      36      77     -53.2%      572     470
San Dimas            91773      35      37      -5.4%      591     448
San Fernando         91340      28      38     -26.3%      505     427
San Gabriel          91775      22      29     -24.1%      729     565
San Gabriel          91776      23      35     -34.3%      570     450
San Marino           91108      22      14      57.1%    1,214   1,245
San Pedro            90731      39      55     -29.1%      575     549
San Pedro            90732      21      17      23.5%      545     590
Santa Clarita        91350      91      71      28.2%      455     500
Santa Clarita        91390      33      52     -36.5%      755     590
Santa Fe Springs     90670      16      17      -5.9%      516     400
Santa Monica         90401       1       2     -50.0%    2,700   2,020
Santa Monica         90402       8      12     -33.3%    2,309   1,924
Santa Monica         90403       4       7     -42.9%    1,888     935
Santa Monica         90404       6       8     -25.0%    1,048     986
Santa Monica         90405      14      16     -12.5%    1,262   1,012
Sherman Oaks         91403      33      31       6.5%      950     915
Sherman Oaks         91423      30      49     -38.8%      972     795
Sierra Madre         91024       7       9     -22.2%      840     849
Signal Hill          90755      16      12      33.3%      585     728
South Gate           90280      75      77      -2.6%      459     370
South Pasadena       91030      18      26     -30.8%      842     730
Stevenson Ranch      91381      24      28     -14.3%      767     732
Studio City          91604      31      34      -8.8%    1,095     818
Sun Valley           91352      43      50      -1.4%      507     440
Sunland              91040      24      43     -44.2%      581     508
Sylmar               91342      96      98      -2.0%      550     457
Tarzana              91356      27      28      -3.6%    1,100     990
Temple City          91780      40      44      -9.1%      591     600
Topanga              90290       6       8     -25.0%      926     942
Torrance             90501      30      38     -21.1%      594     606
Torrance             90502      15      32     -53.1%      531     506
Torrance             90503      23      32     -28.1%      750     691
Torrance             90504      40      28      42.9%      622     580
Torrance             90505      37      29      27.6%      810     725
Tujunga              91042      21      56     -62.5%      560     488
Valencia             91354      63     133     -52.6%      596     547
Valencia             91355      48      68     -29.4%      622     590
Valley Village       91607      22      25     -12.0%      795     750
Van Nuys             91401      32      41     -22.0%      668     694
Van Nuys             91405      33      37     -10.8%      575     508
Van Nuys             91406      52      64     -18.8%      555     480
Van Nuys             91411      16      20     -20.0%      642     562
Venice               90291      27      28      -3.6%    1,010     935
Vernon               90058       3       4     -25.0%      205     625
Walnut               91789      42      61     -31.1%      629     569
West Covina          91790      35      59     -40.7%      500     460
West Covina          91791      23      35     -34.3%      545     489
West Covina          91792      43      35      22.9%      498     420
West Hills           91307      34      40      -1.5%      662     598
Westlake Village     91361      38      41      -7.3%    1,042     860
Westlake Village     91362      51      82     -37.8%      722     700
Whittier             90601      33      34      -2.9%      600     520
Whittier             90602      21      22      -4.5%      585     525
Whittier             90603      19      21      -9.5%      526     523
Whittier             90604      44      51     -13.7%      524     470
Whittier             90605      45      42       7.1%      500     440
Whittier             90606      22      31      -2.9%      485     399
Wilmington           90744      39      47      -1.7%      475     416
Winnetka             91306      56      68     -17.6%      560     498
Woodland Hills       91364      51      60     -15.0%      736     715
Woodland Hills       91367      50      48       4.2%      788     642

///

                     ZIP     Percent
Community            Code    Change

Los Angeles County             19.9%

Acton                93510     12.3%
Agoura Hills         91301     10.2%
Alhambra             91801     12.7%
Alhambra             91803     12.8%
Altadena             91001     13.9%
Arcadia              91006     11.4%
Arcadia              91007      4.2%
Artesia              90701     -0.5%
Azusa                91702     13.4%
Baldwin Park         91706     12.1%
Bell/Bell Gardens    90201      4.2%
Bellflower           90706     13.9%
Beverly Hills        90210     -4.4%
Beverly Hills        90211     18.4%
Beverly Hills        90212      1.5%
Burbank              91501    -12.7%
Burbank              91502    -79.7%
Burbank              91504      5.2%
Burbank              91505     15.6%
Burbank              91506     11.9%
Calabasas            91302     49.3%
Canoga Park          91303     22.7%
Canoga Park          91304     13.9%
Canyon Country       91351     14.8%
Canyon Country       91387      4.3%
Carson               90745     17.6%
Carson               90746     20.1%
Castaic              91384     33.5%
Cerritos             90703      2.3%
Chatsworth           91311      2.8%
City of Commerce     90040      2.0%
Claremont            91711      6.5%
Compton              90220     24.4%
Compton              90221     23.1%
Compton              90222     33.6%
Covina               91722     20.8%
Covina               91723     21.6%
Covina               91724     23.3%
Culver City          90230     17.3%
Culver City          90232      7.1%
Diamond Bar          91765     20.0%
Downey               90240     15.2%
Downey               90241     27.8%
Downey               90242     11.3%
Duarte--Bradbury     91010     17.3%
El Monte             91731     30.7%
El Monte             91732     14.9%
El Monte--South      91733     16.5%
El Monte
El Segundo           90245      5.7%
Encino               91316      6.5%
Encino               91436      7.8%
Gardena              90247     34.1%
Gardena              90249     19.3%
Glendale             91201     16.1%
Glendale             91202      3.5%
Glendale             91203    -12.0%
Glendale             91204    173.7%
Glendale             91205     21.1%
Glendale             91206     20.8%
Glendale             91207     15.8%
Glendale             91208     -1.3%
Glendale--La         91214     20.0%
Crescenta
Glendora             91740     13.2%
Glendora             91741     18.3%
Granada Hills        91344     16.7%
Hacienda Heights     91745     30.7%
Harbor City          90710     10.7%
Hawaiian Gardens     90716     21.5%
Hawthorne            90250     11.2%
Hermosa Beach        90254     24.8%
Huntington Park      90255     24.3%
Inglewood            90301     23.4%
Inglewood            90302     53.9%
Inglewood            90303     21.5%
Inglewood            90305     31.4%
L.A.                 90011     25.7%
L.A.                 90062     26.5%
L.A./Baldwin Hills   90008      2.0%
L.A.Baldwin Hills    90056     26.0%
L.A./Bel-Air         90077    -17.2%
L.A./Brentwood       90049      2.2%
L.A./Brooklyn        90033     12.5%
Heights
L.A./Central City    90017     40.8%
West
L.A./Chesterfield    90047     23.2%
Square
L.A./City College    90029     15.6%
L.A./City Terrace    90063     33.3%
L.A./Civic Center    90012    -32.7%
L.A./Crenshaw        90016     13.1%
District
L.A./Eagle Rock      90041     11.1%
L.A./East L.A.       90022     47.9%
L.A./East L.A.       90023     18.2%
L.A./Echo Park       90026     27.4%
L.A./El Sereno       90032     15.6%
L.A./Exposition      90037     27.0%
Park
L.A./Hancock Park    90004    -15.7%
L.A./Highland Park   90042     17.7%
L.A./Hollywood       90028     71.5%
L.A./Hollywood       90068     11.5%
Hills
L.A./Koreatown       90005     35.3%
L.A./Koreatown       90006      6.4%
L.A./Laurel Canyon   90046      9.0%
L.A./Lincoln         90031      2.3%
Heights
L.A./Los Feliz       90027     32.1%
L.A./Mar Vista       90066      5.4%
L.A./Mid-City        90019     49.4%
L.A./Mid-Wilshire    90036     39.5%
L.A./Mt.             90065     18.1%
Washington
L.A./Palms           90034     18.3%
L.A./Rancho Park     90064     -7.9%
L.A./Silver Lake     90039      8.9%
L.A./South           90007     20.7%
Figueroa
L.A./South L.A.      90001     30.3%
L.A./South L.A.      90003     26.5%
L.A./South L.A.      90044     14.8%
L.A./South L.A.      90061     24.2%
L.A./South L.A.      90248     17.0%
L.A./South Park      90015     59.7%
L.A./South           90035     23.3%
Robertson
L.A./Warehouse       90021     64.7%
District
L.A./Watts           90002     26.1%
L.A./West Adams      90018     35.4%
L.A./West            90038     17.5%
Hollywood
L.A./West            90048     18.6%
Hollywood
L.A./West            90069     36.1%
Hollywood
L.A./West L.A.       90025     47.3%
L.A./Westchester     90045     14.0%
L.A./Westlake        90057     17.1%
L.A./Westwood        90024     22.5%
L.A./Willowbrook     90059     23.0%
L.A./Windsor Hills   90043     17.5%
L.A./Windsor         90020    204.8%
Square
La Canada            91011     36.6%
Flintridge
La Habra             90631     19.4%
La Mirada            90638     10.0%
La Puente            91744     15.9%
La Puente            91746     21.5%
La Veme              91750     12.3%
Lake Hughes          93532     17.2%
Lakewood             90712     14.4%
Lakewood             90713      9.6%
Lakewood             90715      6.5%
Lancaster            93534     21.6%
Lancaster            93535     21.2%
Lancaster            93536     16.9%
Lawndale             90260     17.6%
Lennox               90304     37.1%
Littlerock           93543     27.3%
Llano                93544    -23.9%
Lomita               90717    -14.7%
Long Beach           90802      6.8%
Long Beach           90804     11.3%
Long Beach           90805     20.5%
Long Beach           90806     16.5%
Long Beach           90807      6.3%
Long Beach           90808      0.7%
Long Beach           90810     26.2%
Long Beach           90813     11.8%
Long Beach           90814      7.2%
Long Beach           90815      5.3%
Long Beach/          90803      8.9%
Belmont Shore
Lynwood              90262     30.1%
Malibu               90265      8.0%
Manhattan Beach      90266     21.0%
Marina del Rey       90292    163.3%
Maywood              90270     30.6%
Mission Hills        91345     24.7%
Monrovia             91016      8.3%
Montebello           90640     15.2%
Monterey Park        91754     31.1%
Monterey Park        91755      6.7%
Montrose             91020     17.1%
Newhall              91321      0.2%
North Hills          91343     10.5%
North Hollywood      91601      8.9%
North Hollywood      91602     12.9%
North Hollywood      91605     17.5%
North Hollywood      91606     32.6%
Northridge           91324     13.2%
Northridge           91325      8.1%
Northridge           91326     16.3%
Norwalk              90650     13.6%
Pacific Palisades    90272      4.7%
Pacoima              91331     19.8%
Palmdale             93550     14.5%
Palmdale             93551      9.0%
Palmdale             93552     24.7%
Palmdale             93591     25.3%
Palos Verdes         90274     -2.7%
Estates
Panorama City        91402     15.9%
Paramount            90723     28.3%
Pasadena             91101    -46.1%
Pasadena             91103     -1.6%
Pasadena             91104      0.0%
Pasadena             91105    -19.6%
Pasadena             91106     79.8%
Pasadena             91107      3.6%
Pearblossom          93553    -12.4%
Phillips Ranch       91766     20.0%
Pico Rivera          90660     25.1%
Playa del Rey        90293     15.3%
Pomona               91767     20.6%
Pomona               91768     21.7%
Rancho Palos         90275     16.4%
Verdes
Redondo Beach        90277     22.9%
Redondo Beach        90278      4.1%
Reseda               91335     18.5%
Rosemead             91770      6.1%
Rowland Heights      91748     21.7%
San Dimas            91773     31.9%
San Fernando         91340     18.3%
San Gabriel          91775     29.0%
San Gabriel          91776     26.7%
San Marino           91108     -2.5%
San Pedro            90731      4.7%
San Pedro            90732     -7.6%
Santa Clarita        91350     -9.0%
Santa Clarita        91390     28.0%
Santa Fe Springs     90670     29.0%
Santa Monica         90401     33.7%
Santa Monica         90402     20.0%
Santa Monica         90403    101.9%
Santa Monica         90404      6.3%
Santa Monica         90405     24.7%
Sherman Oaks         91403      3.8%
Sherman Oaks         91423     22.3%
Sierra Madre         91024     -1.1%
Signal Hill          90755    -19.6%
South Gate           90280     24.1%
South Pasadena       91030     15.3%
Stevenson Ranch      91381      4.8%
Studio City          91604     33.9%
Sun Valley           91352     15.2%
Sunland              91040     14.4%
Sylmar               91342     20.4%
Tarzana              91356     11.1%
Temple City          91780     -1.5%
Topanga              90290     -1.7%
Torrance             90501     -2.0%
Torrance             90502      4.9%
Torrance             90503      8.5%
Torrance             90504      7.2%
Torrance             90505     11.7%
Tujunga              91042     14.8%
Valencia             91354      9.0%
Valencia             91355      5.4%
Valley Village       91607      6.0%
Van Nuys             91401     -3.7%
Van Nuys             91405     13.2%
Van Nuys             91406     15.6%
Van Nuys             91411     14.2%
Venice               90291      8.0%
Vernon               90058    -67.2%
Walnut               91789     10.5%
West Covina          91790      8.7%
West Covina          91791     11.5%
West Covina          91792     18.6%
West Hills           91307     10.7%
Westlake Village     91361     21.2%
Westlake Village     91362      3.1%
Whittier             90601     15.4%
Whittier             90602     11.4%
Whittier             90603      0.6%
Whittier             90604     11.5%
Whittier             90605     13.6%
Whittier             90606     21.6%
Wilmington           90744     14.2%
Winnetka             91306     12.4%
Woodland Hills       91364      2.9%
Woodland Hills       91367     22.7%

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