Buying at Trustee Sale

Flipper Crazy

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 30, 2010 | Buying at Trustee Sale, Flips, Market Conditions, North County Coastal, Thinking of Buying?, Thinking of Selling?

A tour of the recent flippers around Carlsbad, +1:

Pre-Approved Short Sales

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 28, 2010 | Buying at Trustee Sale, Foreclosures/REOs, Market Conditions, REO Inventory, REOs Coming to Market, Thinking of Buying?, Thinking of Selling?

Sean and the folks at Foreclosureradar.com are very gracious in providing their data, though I don't like this - fewer trustee sales, and more cancellations. If the trend continues, we'll have fewer REO listings, which are typically well-priced and vacant, and instead...

More Slinky Needed

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 26, 2010 | Buying at Trustee Sale, North County Coastal, REO Counts, REOs for sale, Thinking of Buying?

Is the new year bringing more REOs to market? Though everyone wants to "steal one from the bank", if you're looking to buy in North SD County Coastal (Carlsbad-to-La Jolla), you'll find few opportunities to snag an REO sale. Have there been more REO listings coming on...

Sunday Sampler

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 24, 2010 | Buying at Trustee Sale, Jim TV, Market Conditions, North County Coastal, Thinking of Buying?

Another Sunday cruise via youtube:

CV in Demand

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 24, 2010 | Buying at Trustee Sale, Frenzy, Jim TV, Market Conditions, North County Coastal

MLS Listings of Detached Homes in Carmel Valley, 92130: ACTIVES: 111 $1,778,211 average list price, $399/sf, 132 Avg. Days on Mkt. (25% of those homes on market more than 6 months) PENDINGS: 63 $1,163,104 average list price, $336/sf, 76 Avg. DOM (41 pending,...

Ooze

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 23, 2010 | Buying at Trustee Sale, Market Conditions, North County Coastal, Thinking of Buying?, Thinking of Selling?

Later we'll take a look at some flippers around the normal beat, Carlsbad to La Jolla, but first let's review the December stats in Oceanside's 92057. Northeast Oceanside was one of the first zip codes in the county to feel the full impact of the real estate...

RE State of the Union

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 22, 2010 | Buying at Trustee Sale, Sales and Price Check, Thinking of Buying?, Thinking of Selling?

We're past the holiday season, the Chargers have checked out, and February is ten days away. Let's review current market conditions: Trustee Sales for North SD County Coastal SFRs (Carlsbad to La Jolla) There are more properties on the NOTS auction list (444) than on...

Go Premium?

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 16, 2010 | Buying at Trustee Sale, Jim TV, North County Coastal

This youtube shows an example of how a premium La Costa Greens property should end up being among the better-priced in area, because the bank will probably base it's valuation on inferior comps. This could end up on the court house steps in the $900,000s: Since...

Flipper Jam

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 15, 2010 | Buying at Trustee Sale, Flips, Jim TV, North County Coastal, Thinking of Buying?

We already know that flippers are flooding the streets in search of profits, so it's inevitable that we'll see them competing.....with each other! Don't be surprised if we see surges of new listings, especially around recent high sales - here's a youtube video: