San Diego home price starts the year at $640K
Print San Diego County started the year with a $640,000 median home price brought on by intense competition over limited home inventory. The January price represents a 9.4 percent increase in the last 12 months following major gains during the pandemic. It is down from the high of $650,000 reached in September to November last year. Experts continue to point to low mortgage rates and limited supply as primary reasons the price rose so much in 2020 — and likely will continue to rise in 2021. Analysts also say millennials aging into homeownership and stay-at-home workers wanting a better sp...