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Sellers Feel Summer Heat And Continue To Slash Home Prices, Trulia.com
Down Economy and High Levels of Home Inventory Put Sellers at Disadvantage as Prices Continue to Drop - Luxury Market Still Feeling The Pain: Price reduction levels for luxury homes (those listed at $2 million and above) continue to provide large discounts with an average of 14 percent off of the original listing price. The average discount for homes priced less than $2 million remains at 9 percent.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14, 2010 – Trulia.com today announced that 24 percent of listings currently on the market in the United States as of July 1, 2010 experienced at least one price reduction. This represents a nine percent increase from the previous month. The total dollar amount slashed from home prices was $27.3 billion and the average discount for price-reduced homes continued to hold at 10 percent off of the original listing price. Many of the largest U.S. cities saw significant increases in price reduction levels this month with 22 of the top 50 cities across the U.S. experiencing price reduction levels at 30 percent or more, compared to just 10 cities in the previous month.
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