In September, home prices rose moderately from the month before, with a median listing price of $1,244,500.
The number of listings on the market shrank 1.8% from last month, which is a bigger decrease than normal for this time of the year in Los Angeles, and homes are also selling slower than at the same time last year.
Home prices in Los Angeles
Typically, home price per square foot in Los Angeles tend to fall in September. But the most recent data shows that the price per square foot remained practically unchanged compared with the month before.
So, how does this compare with the rest of the U.S.? Nationally, home price per square foot decreased 0.8%, which means price changes in the City of Angels are outpacing the national market.
Los Angeles inventory
In September, there were 3,471 homes for sale in Los Angeles, which was 1.8% less than the month before and 21.6% more than the same time last year.
Meanwhile, active inventory across the nation rose by 0.2% from last month to 1,100,407.
Time on market
Homes in Los Angeles take an average of 58 days to sell, according to September figures.
This is the same as the previous month and seven days more than the same month last year.
For comparison, nationally homes spent an average of 62 days on the market in September.
Use the Realtor.com data portal to get more market data, broken down by state, metro or ZIP code.
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