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Here are some of the highlights from the CAR December Report: - Home price appreciations started picking up in second half of 2017 - Price per square foot was $265 which is down 4.3% from November, but up 6.4% YTY - Sales price-to-list is up over the same period last year - Inventory is at the lowest level since June 2004 - Supply remains on a downward trend with constraints across all price ranges - Inventory index is at the highest levels for the $3M+ homes - Inventory continues to drop across all regions   [![New Call-to-action](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/115318/018c7be9-b785-4d4d-a83b-1a2eef6104ff.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/115318/018c7be9-b785-4d4d-a83b-1a2eef6104ff) California real estate sales transactions for December ended with a slight increase. December sales were 420,960 units, which represents a slight gain of +1.4% YTD and a +1.4% increase over the same period last year. 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