La Palma homebuying: 2017 started with 9% sales gain

La Palma Days are an annual city highlight. FILE PHOTOHow did the buying and selling of La Palma housing fare in the year’s first months?
Looking at local residential real estate in the first quarter 2017, compared with the same period a year earlier, CoreLogic data show four trends for La Palma …
1. 25 homes sold this year vs. 23 a year ago.
2. That’s a gain of 8.7 percent vs. a gain of 3.5 percent countywide.
3. Median selling price this year of $630,000 vs. $595,000 in