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HOSANA SAPUTRA w w w.G o 2 H o s a n a . c o m THE WILSHIRE CENTURY CITY | LOS ANGELES Great three bedroom, two-and-one-half bath updated unit in The Wilshire Building. Enter with a private elevator to your unit and enjoy the newer wood flooring in all bedrooms and the updated kitchen with granite counters and stainless steel appliances. This home offers a full 24-hour service building, pool, fitness room and is close to UCLA. Offered for $1,999,000 FASTER PACE FOR SOUTHLAND HOME SALES; Median Sale Price Edges Higher La Jolla, CA--Southern California’s housing market perked up a bit in April, with sales rising more than usual from March and dipping below a year earlier by the smallest degree in six months. Home prices edged higher again but at a slower pace, the result of more inventory, affordability constraints and less pressure from investors, a real estate information service reported. A total of 20,008 new and resale houses and condos sold in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura, San Bernardino and Orange counties last month. That was up 13.4 percent from 17,638 sales in March, and down 6.6 percent from 21,415 sales in April last year, according to San Diego-based DataQuick. On average, sales have increased 1.4 percent between March and April since 1988, when DataQuick’s statistics begin. Southland sales have fallen on a year-over-year basis for seven consecutive months, but last month’s decline was the smallest since sales fell 4.4 percent last October. This April’s sales were higher than in April 2012 and 2011. That’s a significant change from February and March this year, which had the lowest home sales for those particular months in six years. Sales during the month of April have ranged from a low of 15,303 in 1995 to a high of 37,905 in 2004. Last month’s sales were 17.1 percent below the average – 24,133 – for all Aprils since 1988. March sales were 27 percent below average. – May 2014 “The housing market’s pulse quickened a bit in April. If the inventory grows more, which we consider likely, it’s going to make it a lot easier for sales to reach at least an average level, which we haven’t seen in more than seven years. There are certainly factors undermining housing demand, including affordability constraints, credit challenges and less investment activity. But there are considerable forces fueling demand, too: Employment is rising, families are growing, and more people can qualify to buy again after losing a home to foreclosure or a short sale over the past eight years,” said Andrew LePage, a DataQuick analyst. Sales Volume All Homes April 2014 % Change 7,140 6,642 -7.00% $395,000 $441,000 11.60% Orange 3,327 3,111 -6.50% $535,000 $576,000 7.70% Riverside 3,760 3,384 -10.00% $248,000 $286,250 15.40% San Bernardino 2,512 2,434 -3.10% $195,000 $240,000 23.10% San Diego 3,792 3,664 -3.40% $400,000 $435,000 8.70% 884 773 -12.60% $420,000 $466,000 11.00% 21,415 20,008 -6.60% $357,000 $404,000 13.20% SoCal April 2014 Median Price Los Angeles Ventura April 2013 % Change April 2013 Source: DQNews.com Media calls: Andrew LePage (916) 456-7157 Copyright 2014 DataQuick. All rights reserved. HOSANA SAPUTRA 何福勝 C 310.770.2999 C 714.865.1688 [email protected] w w w. G o 2 H o s a n a . c o m