Median listing price

I have not been paying too much attention to median listing prices lately. But here's last years data from Housingtracker. Much of the increase late in the year can be attributed to the loss in quantity at the low and middle ends of the market. Since the high end isn't really moving but the low end is blistering it is skewing the median upwards.

Month	SFH+Condo Inventory	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile
Jan 2010	24,594	$147,000	$228,950	$397,500
Dec 2009	25,435	$149,225	$232,125	$403,737
Nov 2009	26,575	$149,920	$238,400	$420,010
Oct 2009	27,569	$149,175	$236,250	$423,450
Sep 2009	27,493	$149,925	$239,500	$435,988
Aug 2009	28,410	$148,882	$237,880	$431,400
Jul 2009	29,257	$147,313	$235,225	$429,250
Jun 2009	30,584	$144,980	$229,760	$414,790
May 2009	32,614	$143,725	$225,000	$401,973
Apr 2009	35,365	$140,000	$219,850	$387,500
Mar 2009	38,625	$139,960	$217,080	$369,580
Feb 2009	40,003	$143,125	$219,148	$364,750
Jan 2009	41,594	$148,976	$222,615	$364,140