Median price 48.4% higher than in January 2000
By Roger Showley, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Sunday, January 3, 2010 at 12:02 a.m.
For all the talk of the housing bust, San Diego County’s median price ended the decade up 48.4 percent from 2000.
If in January 2000 you bought a home at the median price of $219,000 and went to sleep like Rip Van Winkle, you awoke at the end of 2009 to see your home worth $325,000.
This means that many longtime homeowners are still sitting on big gains even after seeing the market skyrocket to a peak of $517,500 in November 2005 before plummeting.