Market Reports

Jan. 4, 2021

2020 Big Bear Real Estate Year End Market Report

The inverted quote, "They were the worst of times. They were the best of times.", may be the best way to describe the year 2020 in the Big Bear real estate market.

We saw the lowest of lows in March when Big Bear home sales plummeted due to the onset ...

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Nov. 11, 2020

October 2020 and Year-To-Date Update

October's Big Bear real estate numbers showed further market consistency as all major price measures showed remarkable gains in a same month comparison.

Big Bear home sales were up 40% this October as compared to October 2019. The average sale price was up 42% and the average price per ...

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Oct. 12, 2020

2020 Big Bear Real Estate Catch-Up

2020 will be a year that will certainly go down in Big Bear real estate history! The covid pandemic has left many people changing vacation plans that involved significant travel to farther away places for a more easily accessible getaway closer to home. With Big Bear's spectacular alpine setting ...

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Aug. 25, 2020

July 2020 Big Bear Real Estate Numbers.... WHO KNEW?

Perhaps the most unforeseen shift in the history of the Big Bear Real Estate market occurred between April and May of this year when we saw our biggest consecutive month drop in sales followed by our biggest monthly increases through the following summer. We are still in the midst of ...

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June 2, 2020

May 2020 - Big Bear Real Estate Report

May's sales continued to show the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic with only 49 closings of Big Bear homes. This is down 52% from last May. As mentioned in previous posts, May is the first month where almost all of the closings would have gone into escrow around or ...

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May 26, 2020

Big Bear Real Estate Report - April 2020

April 2020 is the first full month that quarantine was in place. This should give us a good idea as to the Big Bear real estate market's initial response to the Covid-19 crisis.

Not too surprisingly, looking at a same month comparison, Big Bear home sales took a 58 ...

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April 6, 2020

MARCH SALES AND PRICES GAIN IN MARCH AMID COVID THREAT

There seems to be two different minds in regards to the Covid pandemic's effects on the Big Bear real real estate market. One is that the economy will suffer greatly with real estate not being an exception. The other is that this event will be short lived and the ...

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Jan. 16, 2020

2019 BIG BEAR LAKEFRONT MARKET REPORT

Big Bear lakefronts often experience different price and sales trends than those seen in the overall real estate market. There are many reasons why this is the case. 

For instance, lakefronts are far more affected by Big Bear Lake's water levels. Looking at historical sales numbers, sales are ...

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Jan. 16, 2020

2019 BIG BEAR REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT

Big Bear home sales as well as all four price measures were up in 2019 compared to 2018.

After 2018 saw an unusual dip, sales rebounded 11% in 2019 with 1241 closings. This was the second highest number of home sales we've seen on an annual basis in the ...

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Dec. 2, 2019

Big Bear Real Estate Update - November 2019

SAME MONTH COMPARISON

Sales of Big Bear homes stayed steady while price measures rose this November in a same month comparison.

There were 100 Big Bear homes sold this November as compared to to 103 closings in November of 2018.

The average sale price rose 4% to $359,249 while ...

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