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Selling Your Home as a Short Sale in the Santa Maria CA & Orcutt CA Market

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Tni LeBlanc, JD, MA, CDPE, REALTOR®

Short sales dominate the Santa Maria and Orcutt CA market. Simply put, short sales are sales where the owner owes more than the house is currently worth. Currently, 50% of the active listings in Santa Maria and Orcutt are short sales. However, 60% of the homes sold in the past 30 days are bank owned homes (REOs), and only 10% of sold homes in the last month were short sales. Continue reading →

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Santa Maria CA & Orcutt CA Bank Owned / Foreclosure Market Update

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Tni LeBlanc, JD, MA, CDPE, REALTOR®

The Santa Maria/Orcutt CA market for foreclosure properties is certainly not unique. However, because of media reports on overall trends in the national real estate market, many who venture into the local home buying market are under the misimpression that there are hundreds of cheap houses sitting out there for the picking. That is not exactly how it is currently working. I might say that about the local condo market — but not the market for homes. That is not to say that there are not bargains out there. There clearly are. But, the local market for foreclosed properties is extremely competitive. On one particularly choice recent bank owned listing, the listing agent reported 28 offers in 5 days. Continue reading →

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