Spring homebuying dips 2% in Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Westminster: 19 facts to know

Homebuying in what we’ll call the “Beach Blvd. Corridor” — in and around Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove and Westminster — fell 2 percent this spring vs. a year ago.

That’s what we found when we looked at Orange County house hunting patterns at the neighborhood level in 2018’s second quarter vs. the April-to-June period a year earlier.

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CoreLogic found these 19 trends in 13 ZIP codes covered by the Orange County Register’s The Wave weekly, …

1. Purchases: Home sales in this period totaled 1,321 vs. 1,353 a year ago, a decline of 2.4 percent.

2. Who’s up: Prices increased in 12 of the 13 ZIPs as sales rose in 4 ZIPs.

3. Countywide: $730,000 median selling price, up 6.0 percent. Orange County sales totaled 10,256 residences, existing and new, vs. 10,767 a year ago, a decline of 4.7 percent. Prices rose in 65 out of 83 Orange County ZIPs and sales were up in 28 out of 83 ZIPs.

Here is how prices and sales moved at the community level …

4. Fountain Valley 92708: $767,500 median, up 4.8 percent. Price rank? 31st of 83. Sales of 147 vs. 162 a year ago, a decline of 9.3 percent.

5. Garden Grove 92840: $570,250 median, up 7.6 percent. Price rank? No. 69 of 83. Sales of 107 vs. 115 a year ago, a decline of 7 percent.

6. Garden Grove 92841: $631,500 median, up 7.9 percent. Price rank? No. 59 of 83. Sales of 46 vs. 58 a year ago, a decline of 20.7 percent.

7. Garden Grove 92843: $535,000 median, up 6.0 percent. Price rank? No. 73 of 83. Sales of 68, flat in the period.

8. Garden Grove 92844: $560,000 median, up 33.7 percent. Price rank? No. 70 of 83. Sales of 57 vs. 54 a year ago, a gain of 5.6 percent.

9. Garden Grove 92845: $667,500 median, up 4.7 percent. Price rank? No. 53 of 83. Sales of 58, flat in the period.

10. Huntington Beach 92646: $702,500 median, up 12.2 percent. Price rank? No. 43 of 83. Sales of 220 vs. 205 a year ago, a gain of 7.3 percent.

11. Huntington Beach 92647: $750,000 median, up 9.5 percent. Price rank? No. 36 of 83. Sales of 101 vs. 111 a year ago, a decline of 9 percent.

12. Huntington Beach 92648: $932,500 median, up 1.1 percent. Price rank? No. 20 of 83. Sales of 175 vs. 164 a year ago, a gain of 6.7 percent.

13. Huntington Beach 92649: $782,500 median, down 0.3 percent. Price rank? No. 30 of 83. Sales of 118 vs. 120 a year ago, a decline of 1.7 percent.

14. Midway City 92655: $630,000 median, up 6.8 percent. Price rank? No. 60 of 83. Sales of 5 vs. 21 a year ago, a decline of 76.2 percent.

15. Stanton 90680: $427,750 median, up 7.9 percent. Price rank? No. 81 of 83. Sales of 58 vs. 56 a year ago, a gain of 3.6 percent.

16. Westminster 92683: $678,000 median, up 9.4 percent. Price rank? No. 50 of 83. Sales of 161, flat in the period.

Plus, three more countywide trends found this spring vs. a year ago. …

17. Single-family-home resales: 6,349 Orange County sales vs. 6,730 a year ago, a decline of 5.7 percent in the period. Median: $790,000 — a rise of 5.3 percent in the period.

18. Condo resales: 2,694 sales vs. 2,811 a year ago, a decline of 4.2 percent in 12 months. Median: $501,000 — a rise of 3.3 percent in a year.

19. New homes: Builders sold 1,213 residences vs. 1,226 a year ago, a decline of 1.1 percent in 12 months. Median: $948,500 — a rise of 16.2 percent in a year.

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