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State of the Torrance Real Estate Market Heading into 2019

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**See updated information on 2020 real estate in Torrance

Torrance is far more than one uniform real estate market.  With neighborhoods that range from sub $500,000 to homes in the multi millions, each area has it’s own localized market.

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In general the real estate market seems to be slowing down heading into 2019.  Demand is cooling with higher interest rates and a fairly regular slow down this time of year when people are busy with the holidays.

According to Torrance realtor Keith Kyle, “It’s clear that the market is cooling off as there has been an increase in new listings coupled with fewer sales and homes going into escrow since summer.”  The chart above shows that the number of active listings has held pretty steady between 150 and 170 since summer, but the number of sold homes as well as new escrows has continued to decrease.  If this trend continues the market will shift more in favor of buyers and less in favor of sellers.  It’s clearly been a sellers market over the past few years.

The chart below shows the upward trend over the past few months with avarage “months of inventory” of unsold homes on the rise.

Schools are Very Important to the Torrance Real Estate Market

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It’s no real secret that good schools help drive real estate values in certain neighborhoods and communities.  Buyers with kids want to be inTorrance High School areas with good schools and that higher demand helps keep values up.  Even those without kids greatly benefit from a strong school system.  The stronger the schools the more insulated a market is from any downturns.  That was very evident in Redondo Beach that saw home prices drop during the recession and housing crisis, but only a very small amount compared with other local areas that do not have as strong a school system.

A recent CAR study showed that 47% of home buyers said good schools were very importan, 23% said that they were somewhat important, 11% said not very important and 19% said that it was not important at all.

The 19% may not realize just how much of an influence schools play on values and demand.  Good elementary schools are often part of a good community and without question most buyers would like to live in a good community.

The Torrance Unified School District is highly ranked and that creates a very high demand, especially for families thinking of living in this coastal community.

The study also conclued that 43% of consumers age 34 or under believe highly rated schools are very important.  58% of consumers earning more than $100,000 a year think that highly rated schools are very important.

Historical Interest Rates since 1972

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Many Torrance CA buyers are concerned with interest rates rising with the Fed making it clear that rates will slowly increats.  That’s certainly a valid concern for potential Torrance homebuyers as a higher interest rate means a higher monthly payment which most often means a lower priced home.  Taken in historical standpoint the current rates are dramatically lower than at just about any other time.  The chart below shows the interest rate on conventional and conforming 30 year fixed rate mortgages.  As we’ll see we’ve basically seen rates drop consistently since the high water mark of 16.3% in 1981.  It certainly makes todays current rate in the mid 4% range seem pretty enticing.

Website for Old Torrance Real Estate and Homes for Sale

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If you’re looking for a home in the Old Torrance area of Torrance CA, we’ve created a website to give you real estate information specific to this charming and historic part of town.  Old Torrance Homes.com has everything real estate.

See information on current homes for sale in Old Torrance, sellers can find the value of their homes, search the MLS and see blog posts for this unique area.

Old Torrance Homes.com

The Incredible California and Torrance Real Estate Market

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California real estate is absolutely incredible and the markets in the South Bay and Torrance is even more frenzied.  According to the CAR 2017 annual housing survey 60.4% of all homes listed received multiple offers and 32.9% sold over the list price!  Click here to see the latest Torrance real estate statistics including prices, days on market % of list price homes are selling for and more.