Asking Prices and Inventory for Homes in Orange County California

As of May 23 2011 there were about 14,680 single family and condo homes listed for sale in Orange County California. The median asking price of these homes was approximately $429,900. Since this time last year, the inventory of homes for sale has decreased by 0.5% and the median price has decreased by 4.5%.

	May 23, 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Median Asking Price	$429,900	+1.2%	-4.5%
Home Listings/Inventory	14,680	+1.8%	-0.5%

Recent Asking Price and Inventory History for Orange County

Date	Single Family & Condo Inventory	25th Percentile Asking Price	Median Asking Price	75th Percentile Asking Price
05/23/2011	14,680	$299,500	$429,900	$665,000
05/16/2011	14,614	$299,000	$429,000	$659,900
05/09/2011	14,447	$299,730	$429,000	$659,000
05/02/2011	14,443	$299,000	$429,000	$659,000
04/25/2011	14,421	$299,000	$425,000	$654,900

Orange County Asking Price History

The median asking price for homes in Orange County peaked in April 2006 at $694,833 and is now $265,608 (38.2%) lower. From a low of $419,160 in January 2011, the median asking price in Orange County has increased by $10,065 (2.4%).

25th, Median (50th) and 75th Percentile Asking Prices for Orange County California

Orange County Housing Inventory History

Housing inventory in Orange County, which is typically highest in the spring/summer and lowest in the fall/winter, peaked at 17,513 in July 2008. The lowest housing inventory level seen was 10,226 in January 2010.

Housing Inventory for Orange County California

Orange County Asking Price and Inventory History

Date	Single Family & Condo Inventory	25th Percentile Asking Price	Median Asking Price	75th Percentile Asking Price
May 2011	14,546	$299,308	$429,225	$660,725
April 2011	14,228	$299,000	$425,247	$651,224
March 2011	13,990	$299,000	$424,950	$648,447
February 2011	13,444	$295,875	$419,975	$641,095
January 2011	12,538	$295,760	$419,160	$640,498
December 2010	13,289	$298,000	$423,722	$648,250
November 2010	14,081	$299,940	$432,600	$665,780
October 2010	14,576	$306,750	$447,000	$685,700
September 2010	15,021	$312,350	$449,950	$698,000
August 2010	15,126	$318,960	$456,140	$703,960
July 2010	14,856	$318,063	$459,425	$718,250
June 2010	14,636	$315,200	$457,475	$721,975
May 2010	14,565	$309,940	$451,000	$708,180
April 2010	14,079	$307,700	$449,973	$706,250
March 2010	11,988	$316,580	$462,960	$735,780
February 2010	10,803	$308,725	$451,250	$731,750
January 2010	10,226	$299,950	$448,750	$724,475
December 2009	10,547	$300,975	$458,475	$746,925
November 2009	12,057	$299,540	$449,760	$737,760
October 2009	12,252	$299,900	$456,856	$773,100
September 2009	12,418	$299,900	$464,750	$789,750
August 2009	12,598	$299,460	$467,760	$799,000
July 2009	12,795	$299,000	$463,250	$799,000
June 2009	12,993	$299,000	$458,160	$799,000
May 2009	13,218	$296,950	$453,500	$787,875
April 2009	13,576	$287,500	$446,200	$756,000
March 2009	13,867	$280,500	$432,180	$735,580
February 2009	13,640	$282,475	$427,500	$720,250
January 2009	13,705	$289,612	$432,011	$727,436
December 2008	14,220	$297,729	$444,087	$748,854
November 2008	15,290	$305,583	$455,774	$769,581
October 2008	15,716	$313,700	$467,850	$791,000
September 2008	16,482	$323,150	$480,600	$796,600
August 2008	17,235	$330,975	$492,000	$799,000
July 2008	17,513	$341,605	$498,475	$799,000
June 2008	16,582	$354,960	$512,640	$828,800
May 2008	15,946	$370,950	$527,225	$844,725
April 2008	15,850	$380,999	$534,750	$834,750
March 2008	15,550	$395,300	$544,399	$817,540
February 2008	15,208	$399,700	$549,700	$804,597
January 2008	14,809	$415,700	$556,500	$799,675
December 2007	15,684	$428,960	$573,580	$815,779
November 2007	16,713	$446,925	$588,475	$837,750
October 2007	17,177	$460,380	$599,379	$852,579
September 2007	17,354	$472,827	$609,262	$861,724
August 2007	17,504	$482,025	$624,750	$882,375
July 2007	17,330	$489,780	$634,720	$893,600
June 2007	16,824	$497,750	$642,400	$899,000
May 2007	15,994	$499,000	$648,725	$901,950
April 2007	14,594	$499,720	$649,920	$921,780
March 2007	13,218	$499,350	$650,000	$929,000
February 2007	12,222	$499,182	$649,950	$921,225
January 2007	11,792	$499,000	$649,900	$899,580
December 2006	13,118	$499,450	$651,225	$899,450
November 2006	14,320	$502,747	$660,750	$907,475
October 2006	15,349	$511,880	$667,200	$907,557
September 2006	15,767	$519,600	$670,225	$908,500
August 2006	15,911	$526,675	$677,250	$923,500
July 2006	15,309	$532,940	$684,700	$938,560
June 2006	14,274	$536,000	$689,675	$949,675
May 2006	12,886	$534,800	$694,600	$961,400
April 2006	11,569	$529,900	$694,833	$973,333