Market Reports

Jan. 13, 2016

Big Bear Home Inventory Is Lowest Since October 2013

With just 420 Big Bear homes currently for sale in the Big Bear MLS, and with the number of home sales up 12.5% in 2014, the laws of supply and demand suggest a very strong Big Bear real estate market. In fact, December's sales showed only 3.9 months of home …

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Jan. 12, 2016

A Closer Look At The Market Rebound

Following up on the last two posts which looked at a 2014 to 2015 Big Bear real estate market comparison and a longer term look at market direction going back 10 years, I wanted to split the difference and look at the market from a mid-range perspective.

First let's …

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Jan. 11, 2016

A Longer Range Look at Big Bear Home Sales

Following up on yesterday's post comparing Big Bear home sale numbers from 2014 to 2015, here is the longer term look that I promised. Let's start with the graph below showing the average and median sale prices of Big Bear homes going back to 2006.

Big Bear Quarterly Home Prices

Looking at the …

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Jan. 10, 2016

A New Year for Big Bear Real Estate

After a busy holiday season here in Big Bear coupled with the biggest snow storm we've seen in the past 5 years, we are finally catching our collective breaths and trying to get back to business as usual in the Big Bear real estate market.

Being the New Year, …

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Dec. 8, 2015

November 2015 Big Bear Real Estate Report

With Big Bear's ski resorts open and the Holiday Season right around the corner, it's hard to believe another year is almost behind us. With less that one month to go, let's look at how real estate sales shaped up this past month as well as look at the Big …

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Nov. 6, 2015

October 2015 Big Bear Real Estate Numbers Show Continued Appreciation

Comparing Octobers

Although the number of Big Bear home sales slowed slightly in comparing October 2014 to October 2015, all price measures continued to show decent appreciation.

The number of sold Big Bear homes slid from 126 closings last October to 116 this October representing a 9% decrease …

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Oct. 26, 2015

Big Bear Lakefront Real Estate Update

I recently had a client ask me about how Big Bear lakefront home prices were faring so far this year and if and to what extent I felt the lake's water level being so low has affected the market. So I ran some quick numbers and this is how lakefront …

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Oct. 17, 2015

California Statewide Real Estate Forecast Shows Continued Price Gains

The California Association of Realtors just released its 2016 housing forecast and yet another year of price gains is expected.

Statewide, the number of California homes sold this year is expected to be 6.3% more than in 2014. The C.A.R.'s forecast expects another 6% gain in home sales for …

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Oct. 15, 2015

Snow Summit and Bear Mountain Resort Owners Announce Improvements to Local Ski Resorts

Bear Mounatin Ski ResortThe biggest story in Big Bear this year has been the purchase of Big Bear's local resorts, Bear Mountain and Snow Summit, by a group of investors based out of Mammoth Mountain. The biggest question I have been posed as a local real estate agent has been about the impact …

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Oct. 13, 2015

Quarterly Big Bear Real Estate Report Shows Continued Home Price Recovery

It's hard to imagine that we are now in the fourth quarter of 2015. Time flies when Big Bear homes are selling! As mentioned in yesterday's post, sales are up almost 20% this year and prices have been continuing to appreciate in 2015, But let's take a look at some …

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