Manhattan Sand section, South Redondo lead home appreciation
The gap between the average home price in the beach cities and the national average has grown significantly since 2000. In 2000 you could buy a home in most parts of the country for $120,000 compared to $532,000 for the three beach cities and El Segundo. Since then, our blistering appreciation rates have resulted in a substantially higher gap. The National Association of Realtors estimates that the selling price of a home in the country is about $250,000 while here the average home price for all home types exceeds $1.4 million. This has had a huge impact on local businesses and on property tax revenues for the cities. In 2016, the total sales volume of single family home, condo and townhome sales topped $2.4 billion from 1,601 sales. Assuming that the total cost of all transactions related to a sale is 6 percent, this sales volume represents $142 million in broker fees, escrow costs, and other expenses. An additional $71 million makes its way to the four cities in the form of property tax revenue. The numbers were quite different here back in 2000. For starters, the total number of transactions was 34 percent higher at 2,421. Total sales volume came in around $1.3 billion, which…
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