El Dorado County Real Estate Market

Posted by John Lockwood on February 13th, 2006

El Dorado County’s real estate sales in January have cooled off from last year’s sales at this time. Not counting residential income and other non-residential sales, 120 homes sold in January, down 35% from last January’s figure of 185. Average days on market were up slightly, from 64 to 71. Last year, the ratio of expireds in January to solds was 18.4%. This January, that number stands at 84.2%.

The average home sold in El Dorado County listed for $591,647, and sold for 96.7% of list at $571,874. The median sale price was $488,000. On a cost per square foot basis, homes appreciated 10.9% from January to January.

Currently in El Dorado County there are nine months of inventory.