In October, home prices rose moderately from the month before, with a median listing price of $777,500.
The number of listings on the market shrank 7.8% from last month, which is a bigger decrease than normal for this time of the year in Long Beach, and homes are also selling slower than at the same time last year.
Home prices in Long Beach
Typically, home price per square foot in Long Beach tend to fall in October. But the most recent data shows that the price per square foot increased by 1.9% 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 Aquatic Capital of America are outpacing the national market.
Long Beach inventory
In October, there were 496 homes for sale in Long Beach, which was 7.8% less than the month before and 11.7% more than the same time last year.
Meanwhile, active inventory across the nation remained practically unchanged from last month to 1,100,001.
Time on market
Homes in Long Beach take an average of 60 days to sell, according to October figures.
This is four days less than the previous month and three days more than the same month last year.
For comparison, nationally homes spent an average of 63 days on the market in October.
Use the Realtor.com data portal to get more market data, broken down by state, metro or ZIP code.
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