La Habra first-half homebuying: Prices down; sales up

In 2017’s first six months, the La Habra housing market looked mixed.
CoreLogic statistics for the first half of 2017, compared with the same period a year earlier, show these trends for La Habra …
1. 58 homes sold this year vs. 55 a year ago.
2. That’s a sales gain of 5.5 percent vs. a homebuying gain of 2.2 percent countywide.
3. Median selling price this year of $475,000 vs. $522,500 in 2016.
4. That’s a price decline of 9.1 percent. Countywide median was $675,000, up