Portola Hills see 20% increase in Pricing in 2013!!
Yay, we made it, 2013 is over and it turned out to be quite the year for real estate in Portola Hills! The year started off pretty slowly but then if you remember, it all became about inventory, inventory, inventory or should we say the lack there of. With the low inventory many homes came on the market and were sold with multiple offers over asking price throughout South Orange County. Below is a quick snapshot of how the year ending for Portola Hills. In Portola, I was surprised to not see more homes sold over asking price. Homes priced between $200-$300k & $400-$500k saw a slight increase from list price to sold price. However, the other price ranges did not see this same increase. That means one of two things, these homes were over priced when originally listed or they were negotiated down in price from the buyer. We are happy to report on average we our homes have consistently sold at 104% over asking price and the same was true in 2013. Listed Price vs. So