Wondering what the market for home and condo foreclosures is like in Grover Beach California? Here is your market snap shot answer:
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Grover Beach, California foreclosure activity: There are 88 active and pending homes and condos in the city of Grover Beach. Of those 88 properties, 9 homes are foreclosures (10.2%) and 27 are short sales (30.6%). Looking back six months, there have been 72 sales in Grover Beach with an average listing price of $346,140 and an average selling price of $338,940. S0 sellers are getting about 97.9% of their asking prices in Grover Beach indicating that there is some (but not a lot of) bargaining room for buyers in the Grover Beach market. Average days on market were a little over three months, at 108 days with $261 per square foot paid.
Of the 72 property sales in the past six months, 17 were bank owned properties (23.6%) and 15 were short sales (20.8%). So, almost 45% of the sold homes and condos in Grover Beach were either a foreclosure or a distress sale. Looking at sold foreclosures, the average selling price is about 10% lower than the average for Grover Beach overall at $305,853, $221 per square foot paid, and listings selling for 99.7% of their asking price. Notably, the days on market for Grover Beach foreclosures were much shorter at only 38 days. Short sales are selling for a significantly lower average as well at $297,427, which may indicate that the lower end of the Grover Beach market is bailing out. Average days on market for short sales were predictably higher at 138, the price paid per square foot was $255, and the selling prices were similarly glued to asking at 99.6%. So, distress sellers are getting near asking price for their properties in Grover Beach market.
Wondering how to get the most for your home in a foreclosure driven market? Already tried to sell your home and failed? Call Mint Properties today for a consultation to get your home sold today. (805) 878-9879. If you are searching for foreclosures in the central coast area, feel free to search on my websites: www.iLovetheCentralCoast.com and www.CentralCoastRealEstateSearch.com
*Based on the information from the Central Coast Regional MLS. Neither the Association, the Multiple Listing Service, or Mint Properties guarantees or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Association or its MLS may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.
In July 2006, Mint Properties opened an office in the Mission Creek Plaza on Santa Maria Way. Tni’s stated aim is to offer the highest quality representation and professional service to her clients. Independence affords her the ability to avoid a volume driven approach; the result is prompt, reliable, individualized service coupled with straightforward advice. Indeed, she brings the same level of professionalism to real estate as she did to the law.
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.
Buyers often wonder if it it is preferable to be pre-qualified or pre-approved for a mortgage loan before shopping for a home. At a minimum, I require buyers to get pre-qualified before they begin looking for a home, because otherwise they are truly taking a stab in the dark. However, a pre-approval is preferable, especially if your income and credit situation is complex. A pre-qualification is a rough estimate of what you will qualify for, the bank is making only a tenatative statement about the loan you would qualify for if everything stacks up the way you think it will.
