Homebuying in Santa Ana fell 19% in what was Orange County real estate’s slowest nine months of sales since 2012.

For nine consecutive months through April, CoreLogic housing stats show countywide sales failing to top the year-ago period. We wanted to see how these lethargic sales trends played out at the neighborhood level knowing that homebuying declined in roughly eight-of-nine local ZIP codes.

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CoreLogic found these 12 trends in six ZIP codes in and around Santa Ana …

1. Purchases: Home sales in these nine months totaled 1,208 vs. 1,496 a year earlier, a decline of 19% in a year.

2. Who’s up: Prices increased in three of the six ZIPs as sales rose in just one ZIP.

3. Countywide: $720,000 median selling price, flat in the period. Orange County sales totaled 22,872 residences, existing and new, vs. 27,289 a year earlier, a decline of 16.2% in a year. Prices rose in 43 out of 83 Orange County ZIPs and sales were up in 9 out of 83 ZIPs.

Here is how prices and sales moved in Santa Ana …

4. Santa Ana 92701: $370,000 median, up 5.7% over 12 months. Price rank? 82nd of 83 Orange County ZIPs. Sales of 141 vs. 191 a year earlier, a decline of 26.2% in a year.

5. Santa Ana 92703: $530,000 median, up 1.9% over 12 months. Price rank? 76th of 83 Orange County ZIPs. Sales of 182 vs. 239 a year earlier, a decline of 23.8% in a year.

6. Santa Ana 92704: $480,000 median, down 8.6% over 12 months. Price rank? 78th of 83 Orange County ZIPs. Sales of 249 vs. 358 a year earlier, a decline of 30.4% in a year.

7. Santa Ana 92705: $935,000 median, up 5.1% over 12 months. Price rank? 16th of 83 Orange County ZIPs. Sales of 302 vs. 300 a year earlier, up 0.7% in a year.

8. Santa Ana 92706: $650,000 median, flat in the period. Price rank? 55th of 83 Orange County ZIPs. Sales of 162 vs. 174 a year earlier, a decline of 6.9% in a year.

9. Santa Ana 92707: $455,000 median, down 9.0% over 12 months. Price rank? 80th of 83 Orange County ZIPs. Sales of 172 vs. 234 a year earlier, a decline of 26.5% in a year.

Plus, three more countywide trends found in nine months ended in April vs. the same period one year earlier …

10. Single-family-home resales: 13,720 Orange County sales vs. 16,058 a year earlier, a decline of 14.6% in the period. Median: $767,000 — a dip of 1.0% in the period.

11. Condo resales: 6,038 sales vs. 7,218 a year earlier, a decline of 16.3% in 12 months. Median: $500,000 — unchanged in the timeframe.