To mix it up from the usual Sunday Stats, I’m posting a SnagIt picture from a Cromford Report analysis of the Valley’s real estate market.
This chart shows only bank-owned homes (commonly called “REOs”) sold through the Multiple Listing Service.
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The numbers that caught my eye tonight are the number of Active Listings versus the number of Sales Per Month, at the top of the chart.
Check out the purple arrows on the (same) chart below, showing REOs for sale in mid-April, mid-June and now in mid-July. The inventory of available homes for sale (purple arrows) is shrinking. In relation, sales are holding pretty steady (yellow arrows).
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There’s a lot more competition out there for bank owned bargains lately. If you’re a bargain hunting home buyer shopping the bank-owned foreclosure market, you can generally expect multiple offers and homes selling for pretty close to – or even above – list price.
Heather Barr is a Realtor and a happy workaholic. She eats more than someone her size ought to be able, and is a runner as a consequence. Her TiVo's full of spy thrillers, police procedurals and Whedonesque sci-fi.
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