Huntington Beach CA. ZIP sees 44% home price jump

H.B. ZIPs sees 32% home price jump

May 10th, 2010, 6:00 am
by Marilyn Kalfus, real estate reporter

For the 22 business days ending April 21, DataQuick’s freshest homebuying stats show these trends in Surf City:

• City sales totaled 138 — that’s +11% vs. a year ago. Countywide, sales were +13% vs. a year ago in same period.

• Of the city’s 4 ZIP codes, 3 had sales gains vs. a year ago while 2 had a gain in their median selling price vs. a year ago.

• 1 of Huntington Beach’s 4 ZIP codes beat the 15.5% overall performance of the countywide median for the past year.

Here’s how the latest DataQuick report breaks down Surf City ZIPs; change is vs. a year ago:

HB ZIP - Price Yr. - chg. - Sales - Yr. chg.

92646 , $532,000 +8.3% 49 +2.1%

92647 , $515,000 -1.9% 21 +0.0%

92648 , $737,500 +31.7% 42 +13.5%

92649 , $660,000 -1.8% 26 +44.4%

• All O.C. $433,000 +15.5% 2,698 +12.8%

• For more on overall Orange County homebuying trends, CLICK HERE!

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