With the market so down, some are jumping into the ownership game. Via wire reports printed in the Daily Breeze: "A total of 4,590 homes sold in February, up from 3,468 for February 2008, while the median price of a home in Los Angeles County last month was $299,000, down from $460,000 in the same month a year ago, according to La Jolla-based MDA DataQuick. In Orange County, the median home price was $375,000, down 27.9 percent from the February 2008 median of $520,000, according to DataQuick. A total of 1,879 homes were sold in the county last month, up 27.7 percent from the 1,471 home sales in February 2008."




This is my fourth grade English teacher. THAT's how encouraging this is.
$299,000. Sounds reasonable.
I could move back to my hometown and get a 2/2 for under $50,000.
Too bad I won't be ready to buy for 2-3 more years. I also might have to relocate out of state in a year or so. Part of me wants prices to stay low; part of me wants the economy to recover.