Although the number of sold Big Bear homes dipped in August, prices continued to rise on a same month comparison basis.

Big Bear home sales dropped from 143 closings last August to 104 this August. In spite of this, all four major price measures appreciated with the average and median ...

Same Month Comparison - June 2017 Compared to June 2018

After several months of all positives, we get some mixed messages in June's real estate numbers. But the overall trend for the year continues to show strong gains and a healthy market.

Sales were down 19% this June as compared ...

I had a prospective Big Bear lakefront seller ask me the other day how often buyers purchase lakefronts with cash. I hadn't run those numbers recently so I decided to take a look.

Looking back through 10 years of lakefront homes sales in Big Bear, 88 out of the ...

MAY BIG BEAR HOME SALES

Although sales continue to be below last year's levels, prices have continued to show double-digit gains.

Sales still lagged due to the poor winter snow season resulting in a 9% drop from 116 Big Bear home sales last year to 106 this year.

Despite ...

Although sales continue to lag due to the warm, dry winter Big Bear experienced in 2017-2018, prices continue to push upward.

Compared to last April, this April saw sales of Big Bear homes drop 22% to just 74 closings.

In spite of this, the average and median sales prices were ...

Same Month Comparison - Comparing Sales from March 2017 to March 2018

This March saw a continuation of the trend we've seen over the last few months as sales of Big Bear homes were down while home prices continued rising significantly.

Sales slid from 107 closings last March to 97 ...

Comparing February 2018 to February 2017, Big Bear home sales slid about 11% with 66 closings last month. Most attribute this slow down to the lack of snow and consequent drop in visitors to the Valley this winter. However, in spite of sales being slower, prices showed strong gains.

In ...

Lake Level History

In the midst of one of Big Bear's driest winters on record, there seems to be continued concern about the effect that Big Bear Lake's low water levels may have on real estate sales. If you've lived in Big Bear long enough, you've ...

January's numbers are in! Although the number of Big Bear homes sold dipped a little, prices and other market indicators showed appreciation and improvement. 

Let's take a look...

The number of sales of Big Bear homes slipped a little this January. This is likely due to the ...

I oftentimes get my ideas for blog posts by overhearing statements made about the Big Bear real estate market that I am not quite sure are fact-based. In this regard, today's post was compliments of a conversation I heard about cash sales.

In this conversation, the following claims were ...