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South Amboy, 08879 Real Estate Overview

Today, November 25, 2009

Avg. Listing Price $315,708 Wk ending Nov 18

+$7,836
+2.5%
w-o-w

Median Sales Price $251,000 Aug '09 - Oct '09

-$39,000
-13.4%
y-o-y

167	Homes For Sale	0	Open Homes
100	Recently Sold	71	Foreclosures

Average Listing Price

$315,708

+2.5%

w-o-w

Median Sales Price

$251,000

-13.4%

y-o-y

Average price/sqft

$137

-31.2%

y-o-y

Number of Sales

-4%

y-o-y

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Most popular
zip codes

Avg. listing price
Week ending Nov 18

w-o-w

08816

$395,000

+2.1%

08820

$586,624

-2.4%

08857

$363,324

-0.4%

08831

$370,555

-2.8%

08817

$302,952

+0.2%

Movers & Shakers

Avg. listing price
Week ending Nov 18

w-o-w

08871

$230,800

+9.9%

08512

$413,631

-7.3%

08904

$366,970

-6.7%

08852

$558,964

+5.6%

08840

$418,106

-4.9%

View Middlesex County Home Prices Map

The median sales price for homes in ZIP code 08879 in South Amboy from Aug 09 to Oct 09 was $251,000 based on 48 sales. Compared to the same period one year ago, the median sales price decreased 13.4%, or $39,000, and the number of sales decreased 4%. Average price per square foot for homes in 08879 was $137, a decrease of 31.2% compared to the same period last year.

There are currently 167 resale and new homes in ZIP code 08879 on Trulia, including 71 homes in the pre-foreclosure, auction, or bank-owned stages of the foreclosure process. The average listing price for homes for sale in 08879 was $315,708 for the week ending Nov 18, which represents an increase of 2.5%, or $7,836, compared to the prior week.

DISTRICT

TYPE

GRADES

SCHOOLS

STUDENTS

Sayreville School District

Public

PK - 12

5,826

South Amboy School District

Public

PK - 12

1,100

SCHOOL NAME

SCHOOL TYPE

GRADES

PARENT RATING

South Amboy Elementary School

Public

PK - 6

Selover Elementary School

Public

South Amboy Middle High School

Public

7 - 12

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7 Blue Her…

$644,900

3 br 3 ½ ba

27 Lightho…

$1,400,000

4 br 3 ½ ba

213 S Pine…

$215,000

3 br 1 ba

6 Fairview…

$309,000

3 br 1 ba

118 John St…

$238,000

2 br 1 ba

239 George…

$225,000

4 br 2 ba

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Cities

Median
sales price

Average
listing price

Laurence Harbor

$228,000

$255,555

Parlin

$274,000

$324,723

Sayreville

$250,000

$369,003

Cliffwood

$234,250

$310,140

Keasbey

$180,000

$232,132

Matawan

$275,000

$330,112

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Average Listing Price for the most recent week available is based on daily list price data for resale and new homes on Trulia and is compared to the same period one week prior.

Median Sales Price is based on sales during the most recent 90-day period available and is updated each week to include recent transactions from public record data sources. The Median Sales Price is the price at which one-half of the homes sold for more than that amount and one-half of the homes sold for less than that amount.

Homes for Sale includes resale and new homes on Trulia.

Recently Sold is a count of all known arms-length residential sales in the last 9 months according to public records.

Open Homes refers to listings on Trulia with scheduled open house times.

Foreclosures includes properties in the pre-foreclosure, auction, and bank-owned stages of the foreclosure process.

Average Listing Price for the most recent week available is based on daily list price data for resale and new homes on Trulia and is compared to the same period one week prior.

Number of Sales is a count of all known arms-length residential property sales over the prior 90-day period. All sales figures are compared to the same period one year prior.

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Most Popular Neighborhoods are calculated each week based on search behavior on the Trulia website.

Movers 'n Shakers are selected based on the week-over-week percentage change in Average Listing Price.

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