The Wilshire Corridor Condo Market report for 2011 is based on units of 2 bedrooms and up, not including penthouses. This will provide a more realistic picture. For sales by numbers of bedrooms check out each individual Wilshire Corridor building page.

What is Market Absorption?

Market absorption trends show the rate that properties are selling compared with inventory which enables us to see if it is a sellers’ or buyers’ market.

6 months worth of inventory is a balanced market. Under 6 months is a sellers’ market, and anything over 6 months is a buyers’ market.

Condo Building	Sold	Median Sold Price	Avg. Price Per SF	Avg. DOM+	Active	Median Price	Avg. Price Per SF	Absorption Rate based on 6 months sales
Beverly West*					6	$5,226,000
The Carlyle**	1	$3,200,000	$905.23	148	6	$2,574,500	$956.03	**
Blair House,	2	$1,254,500	$564.33	35	2	$1,997,500	$896.14	5.88
The Californian	4	$1,800,000	$754.39	185	4	$2,845,000	$1,024.13	10

The Remington	5	$1,350,000	$715.78	73	3	$1,385,000	$679.06	4.82
La Tour	5	$1,750,000	$656.33	51	4	$2,547,000	$807.60	8
The Longford	1	$425,000	$297.83	113	0			Sellers’
Regency Wilshire	1	$950,000	$396.99	99	2	$1,631,500	$531.95	11.76
The Wilshire	4	$1,305,000	$547.09	129	3	$1,650,000	$609.55	4.48

Wilshire House	3	$1,326,000	$464.75	88	5	$2,100,000	$832.49	15.15
Park Wilshire	7	$740,000	$389.28	60	5	$995,000	$389.28	15.15
The Grand	4	$690,000	$405.51	103	1	$895,000	$542.75	6
The Mirabella	5	$1,100,000	$465.37	82	1	$959,000	$465.37	2

The Venezia	1	$1,200,000	$628.93	41	0			Sellers’
Ten Five Sixty	4	$970,00	$551.93	96	5	$1,129,000	$607.59	15.15
Wilshire Manning	1	$1,050,000	$402.61	98	5	$1,250,000	$559.32	30+
The Churchill	3	$444,000	$273.72	100	0			Sellers’
Wilshire Comstock	3	$789,000	$399.36	79	1	$575,000	$385.39	3.03

Wilshire Terrace	3	$2,150,000	$644.73	57	3	$1,100,000	$500.06	6
Crown Towers	6	$427,500	$316.30	82	3	$675,000	$490.06	4.48
Marie Antoinette	6	$444,950	$290.99	88	2	$424,000	$290.61	2.99
The Diplomat	2	$875,000	$414.10	313	1	$799,000	$390.71	N/A
The Dorchester	2	$602,500	$427.91	32	3	$599,000	$427.91	9.09

The Westford	3	$975,000	$443.01	48	0			Sellers’
The Westholme	3	$360,000	$284.97	187	3	$735,000	$411.16	18.75
Wilshire Holmby	6	$464,000	$315.58	39	0	Sellers’	$807.60	8
Wilshire Regent	6	$600,000	$479.52	108				Sellers’

Wilshire Selby E.	2	$425,000	$420.17	265	0			Sellers’
Wilshire Selby W.	0			0				Sellers’
Wilshire Thayer	3	$560,000	$359.44	69	3	$679,000	$462.82	18.75
Wilshire Marquis	7	$420,000	$385.76	90	1	$549,900	$392.79	.08

All information from the CLAW MLS is deemed accurate but is not guaranteed.

Absorption Rate: 6 months = balanced market; Over 6 months = buyers’ market; Under 6 months = sellers’ market

* The Beverly West has just opened its sales office so statistics are not yet applicable for this building. There is one unit in escrow at a list price of $5,717,250.

** The Carlyle sells in-house also so numbers are not accurately reflected.

Average days on the market are also skewed by the fact that a listing could come on the market, sell quickly and not reflect that some units in the same building have been on the market for two years or more.

However, interpreting the above statistics as best we can the preponderance of Wilshire Corridor condos favor a sellers’ market.