* Highest median home price by region/county : Marin: $786,590
* Lowest median home price by region/county: Siskiyou County: $113,330
Pending Home Sales Index: 118.
* An increase of 8.4 percent compared with a prior year.
Traditional Housing Affordability Index: 51 percent as of second quarter
Mortgage Rates: Week ending 10/27/2011
30-yr. fixed: 4.10% (fees/points: 0.8)
15-yr. fixed: 3.38% (fees/points: 0.7)
5-yr. ARM: 3.08% (fee/points: 0.6)
1-yr. adjustable: 2.90% (Fees/points: 0.6)
sources: California Association of Realtors and FreddieMac
