Home Sales Rocket in Inland Empire, Prices Off 40%

Sign On San Diego ^ | November 25, 2008 | Sign On San Diego News Services

[ArmstedFragg]

Home sales skyrocketed 254.9 percent in the Riverside/San Bernardino area in October, compared with the same period a year ago, while the median home price fell 39.7 percent to $209,990, according to figures released Tuesday.

[ArmstedFragg]

They seem to be unable to find the cause...

[OCCASparky]

Hmmmmm...maybe because nobody REALLY wants to live in the 909, given the prevalence of meth labs and commute from hell on the 91 every day? Could THAT be why the houses are so damned cheap?

And oh yeah--because nobody in their right mind these days would pay $600K for a 1600 sq. ft. house on a 3000 sq. ft. lot.

[abb]

OH!! MY!! GOD!!
WE ARE DOOOOOMED!!!
oh wait. wrong thread.

[ArmstedFragg]

Okay, that too.

I was going for the possibility that there might be some causal relationship between the price decrease and the sales increase.

[JRios1968]

HEY!!!!!

I Live in the 909!

There’s a reason why the 909 has meth labs and the OC has the worst part of the 91...the 909 got to pick first.

[I Buried My Guns]

If not for the bad people and the meth labs, 909 would be a very nice place to visit.

Nice mountains and desert scenery.

[OCCASparky]

Corona ain’t in the OC. Granted, the whole 91 pretty much sucks, but as Ralph Garman put it on KROQ, there SHOULD be signs in Riverside/Corona/Fontana/etc., which say, “If you lived here, you’d be sad!”

[GasMan2k]

My little corner of meth-lab infested desert here in the 909:

http://californiadestiny.com/indeximages/clm/claremont_california.jpg

Note the snow capped mountains, sunny skies, tasteful landscaping, ample mountain biking trails on the hills north of town ( 180 acres just bought last year for wilderness park) and tree lined streets.

70 degrees in December.

Just sayin’....

[JRios1968]

...there SHOULD be signs in Riverside/Corona/Fontana/etc., which say, “If you lived here, you’d be sad!”

Well, now you're talking about Fontucky and Riverslime...that's different! Redlands is the jewel of the IE!

[OCCASparky]

Even if you’re the crown jewel in a mountain of crap, never forget you’re still in a pile of crap.

[JRios1968]

What a coinkydink! That’s precisely what we say about the OC!

[caver]

Sounds like the WalMart strategy.

[OCCASparky]

At least all those housing developments in the OC don’t SMELL like crap.

[JRios1968]

They just LOOK like it...

[OCCASparky]

They’re the same builders.

[JRios1968]

Good point...and yet, the houses here look better...they must save the high quality stuff for this side of the IE