Housing Prices and Transactions (CA only)

This database reports the number of sales, average sales price, average price per square foot, and average square footage of all homes, condos/townhouses, and single-family homes.  

• Home sales excludes quitclaims and foreclosures and transactions with no price and no loan
• Average or median prices exclude multi-property sales, where more than one property was included in a single sale with a single price
• Prices marked as partial are also excluded
• Average and median price per square foot calculations use every sale were a full price and square footage was known and calculates 
• Square footage reflects the square footage of the living area of all structures on the property (excluding the garage or patio)
• Each county uses a set of codes to identify condos and townhomes, and these are standardized
• Prices are unadjusted for inflation.  

Note: We are no longer able to obtain data from DataQuick News.  As a result, the data series ends in Dec. 2012.  We are seeking to obtain more recent data but do not have any expectations of an update in the near future.