Ventura County House Sales Up 23% for Quarter

Sales of new single-family houses in Ventura County in the second quarter rose 23% from the first quarter but remained 48% below the sales pace of a year earlier, a real estate research firm said Monday.

In the quarter that ended June 30, 383 new detached houses were sold, up from 312 in the January-March period of this year but down from 733 units sold in the second quarter of 1989, The Meyers Group reported.

Meanwhile, the median price for a new single-family house in Ventura County was $337,500 in the latest quarter, down 5% from $354,990 in the first quarter but up 2% from $329,950 a year earlier, Meyers said. The median price means half the houses sold for more than that price, and half sold for less.