Market Wide Summary Big Bear Real Estate market snapshot for the month of August 2015 The median sales price of single family homes in August increased by 9% compared to the previous month, and is 8% year-to-date above where it was January-August of last year. Average sales price was up 1% from last month, and was just about even YTD compared to January-August 2014. List Price Continue Reading
Market Snapshot – July 2015
Market Wide Summary Big Bear Real Estate market snapshot for the month of July 2015 The median sales price of single family homes in July increased by 9% compared to the previous month, and was 9% below where it was in July of last year. Average sales price was up 13% from last month, and was up 1% compared to July 2014. List Price vs. Sale Price and Days on Market Properties Continue Reading
Market Snapshot – June 2015
Market Wide Summary Big Bear Real Estate market snapshot for the month of June 2015 The median sales price of single family homes in June decreased by 12% compared to the previous month, and is 8% below where it was in June of last year. Average sales price is down 24% from last month, and is down 16% compared to June 2014. List Price vs. Sale Price and Days on Market Properties Continue Reading
Market Snapshot – May 2015
Market Wide Summary Big Bear Real Estate market snapshot for the month of May 2015 The median sales price of single family homes in May increased by 4% compared to the previous month, and is just 1% below where it was in May of last year. Average sales price is up 14% from last month, though is down 7% compared to May 2014. List Price vs. Sale Price and Days on Continue Reading
Market Snapshot – April 2015
Market Wide Summary Property values continue to rise year over year in the Big Bear area. The median sales price of single family homes in April decreased by 18% compared to the previous month, though is 9% higher than it was in April of last year. Average sales price is up 2% from April 2014. List Price vs. Sale Price and Days on Market Properties Continue Reading
Market Snapshot – March 2015
Home Prices By Quarter The graph below shows average and median home prices in each quarter since Q1 2010. We can see that home prices have risen fairly steadily over the last couple of years. It is also interesting to note that the median home price has increased more in the first quarter of 2015 than in any other quarter over the last 5 years. Market Wide Summary The Continue Reading
Market Snapshot – February 2015
Market Wide Summary There is a continuing trend of rising property values in the Big Bear area, though we did see a slight dip in average and median sold prices from the prior month. The median sales price of single family homes in February decreased by 16% compared to the previous month and is even with where it was in February of last year. Average sales price is up Continue Reading
Mammoth Buys Big Bear Mountain Resorts
It's official! The final documents have been signed and Snow Summit and Bear Mountain are now part of the Mammoth family. The acquisition has been in the works for several months and now the sale of Big Bear Mountain Resorts to Mammoth Resorts is official. What does the future hold for the resorts? Rusty Gregory, CEO of Mammoth Resorts, said they will not be making any major changes at Continue Reading
Market Snapshot – January 2015
Market Wide Summary There is a continuing trend of rising property values in the Big Bear area. The median sales price of single family homes in January increased by 9% compared to the previous month and is 31% higher than it was in January of last year. Average sales price is up 20% from January 2014. Property values increased year over year in all four zip codes in Big Bear. Continue Reading
Big Bear Government Lease Cabins
Recreation Residences ("Government Leases") Recreation Residences are cabins located on National Forest land throughout the country. The cabins are part of the U.S. Forest Service's Recreation Residential Program, started nearly 100 years ago to encourage use of what was then the fledgling national forest system. The cabins themselves are privately owned by individuals, while the land on which Continue Reading