Calif. median home price for Sept. falls 6 percent

San Diego-based DataQuick said in a report that the median home price in the state fell 6 percent to $249,000 from $265,000 in September 2010.

The bottom of the current cycle was $221,000 in April 2009, while the peak was $484,000 in early 2007.

Home sales totaled 35,404 in September, a 6.2 percent decrease from 37,734 in August but an increase of 6.7 percent from September 2010, when 33,176 homes were sold.

A decline from August to September is normal for the summer season, DataQuick said. Statewide home sales for the month of September have averaged 43,939 since DataQuick began keeping track in 1988.