Record for luxury home sales
Coldwell Banker reports a 47 percent increase in the number of million-dollar homes sold by firm affiliates in 2004.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The million-dollar house isn't such a novelty it seems.
According to a survey of Coldwell Banker affiliates, which is one of the largest national sellers of luxury property, the number of houses that sold for at least seven figures increased 47 percent in 2004.
The firm's affiliate closed a total of 20,292 such transactions, with the average sale price for this segment ringing in at a record $1.7 million.
California accounted for more than half of this segment's total sales volume, with nearly $20 billion in luxury home sales. Florida took a distant second with about $3 billion in total luxury sales recorded by the firm, followed by Massachusetts, Illinois, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York.
The largest single transaction for Coldwell Banker was a $30 million house in Beverly Hills.
In Irvine, Calif. the number of million-dollar properties sold by Coldwell Banker quadrupled and in Longboat Key, Fla. the number of such sales tripled.
Rising household wealth and escalating home values have resulted in a significant increase in the number of million-dollar homes in recent years. In the most expensive housing markets, in fact, a million-dollar house may not even meet most buyers' definition of "luxury."
Below are the top 75 luxury markets ranked by Coldwell Banker's total sales volume for this category.
| City |
State |
Sales
volume |
Change |
| Scottsdale |
AZ |
$168,171,371 |
38% |
| Paradise Valley |
AZ |
$154,370,211 |
2% |
| Irvine |
CA |
$141,547,542 |
215% |
| Laguna Beach |
CA |
$485,251,829 |
139% |
| Burlingame |
CA |
$121,504,856 |
135% |
| Cupertino |
CA |
$122,343,225 |
133% |
| Tarzana |
CA |
$124,026,700 |
131% |
| Montecito |
CA |
$460,292,000 |
127% |
| Sherman Oaks |
CA |
$97,058,240 |
124% |
| San Jose |
CA |
$249,121,123 |
105% |
| Redwood City |
CA |
$112,039,391 |
97% |
| Newport Beach |
CA |
$821,168,950 |
89% |
| Palo Alto |
CA |
$405,854,862 |
89% |
| Corona Del Mar |
CA |
$218,027,260 |
86% |
| Newport Coast |
CA |
$273,362,844 |
78% |
| San Diego |
CA |
$184,715,270 |
78% |
| Carmel |
CA |
$241,921,495 |
76% |
| Calabasas |
CA |
$228,962,697 |
76% |
| San Mateo |
CA |
$120,886,775 |
71% |
| Atherton |
CA |
$302,850,250 |
66% |
| Pebble Beach |
CA |
$163,701,625 |
62% |
| Granite Bay |
CA |
$96,843,959 |
62% |
| Beverly Hills |
CA |
$1,015,602,005 |
61% |
| Del Mar |
CA |
$140,418,900 |
59% |
| Rancho Palos Verdes |
CA |
$112,339,750 |
58% |
| Los Angeles |
CA |
$1,677,115,327 |
56% |
| Los Gatos |
CA |
$375,387,112 |
52% |
| San Francisco |
CA |
$859,196,439 |
49% |
| Rancho Santa Fe |
CA |
$384,449,132 |
46% |
| Hancock Park |
CA |
$127,805,950 |
44% |
| Saratoga |
CA |
$314,393,174 |
40% |
| La Jolla |
CA |
$183,095,068 |
39% |
| Menlo Park |
CA |
$315,983,621 |
37% |
| Pasadena |
CA |
$214,895,808 |
36% |
| San Marino |
CA |
$136,908,913 |
36% |
| Mill Valley |
CA |
$113,647,794 |
35% |
| Los Altos Hills |
CA |
$196,328,072 |
30% |
| Los Altos |
CA |
$379,779,485 |
20% |
| Malibu |
CA |
$669,607,770 |
16% |
| Santa Monica |
CA |
$399,851,703 |
16% |
| Portola Valley |
CA |
$150,805,750 |
16% |
| Pacific Palisades |
CA |
$440,591,357 |
14% |
| Santa Barbara |
CA |
$284,939,717 |
9% |
| Hillsborough |
CA |
$117,321,812 |
1% |
| Palos Verdes Estates |
CA |
$121,349,503 |
-1% |
| Encino |
CA |
$105,866,250 |
-11% |
| Westlake Village |
CA |
$114,565,235 |
-14% |
| Woodside |
CA |
$180,494,000 |
-15% |
| Brentwood |
CA |
$119,197,835 |
-30% |
| New Canaan |
CT |
$126,125,100 |
116% |
| Westport |
CT |
$276,719,388 |
59% |
| Greenwich |
CT |
$220,041,958 |
44% |
| Washington |
DC |
$305,380,626 |
85% |
| Longboat Key |
FL |
$176,049,422 |
150% |
| Miami Beach |
FL |
$317,156,740 |
138% |
| Fort Lauderdale |
FL |
$206,909,907 |
28% |
| Miami |
FL |
$161,944,115 |
24% |
| Coral Gables |
FL |
$121,874,750 |
21% |
| Naples |
FL |
$183,168,264 |
15% |
| Sarasota |
FL |
$108,874,135 |
11% |
| Boca Raton |
FL |
$197,009,351 |
-3% |
| Honolulu |
HI |
$282,379,834 |
69% |
| Kihei |
HI |
$104,820,000 |
-14% |
| Wilmette |
IL |
$100,955,000 |
50% |
| Chicago |
IL |
$266,560,442 |
48% |
| Lake Forest |
IL |
$172,878,725 |
17% |
| Winnetka |
IL |
$153,772,050 |
16% |
| Boston |
MA |
$339,552,317 |
74% |
| Wellesley |
MA |
$215,175,880 |
47% |
| Weston |
MA |
$161,389,225 |
26% |
| Newton |
MA |
$128,951,715 |
21% |
| Annapolis |
MD |
$101,283,697 |
54% |
| New York |
NY |
$165,161,540 |
47% |
| Dallas |
TX |
$122,649,105 |
-23% |
| Mercer Island |
WA |
$147,994,430 |
119% |
| City |
State |
Sales
volume |
Change |
Source: Coldwell Banker. Released February 24, 2005
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