California Statewide Real Estate Stats

  • Median Home Price in California >- March 09: $253,040
  • Highest Median Home Price by Region- Santa Barbara So. Coast, $825,000
  • Lowest Median Home Price by Region- High Desert $114,670
  • Calif. First-time Buyer Affordability Index – First Quarter 2009: 69 percent, What this means:  The percentage of households that could afford to buy an entry-level home in California stood at 69 percent in the first quarter of 2009, compared with 46 percent for the same period a year ago.

(Source: C.A.R.)