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foreclosures and short sales make up around 34% of Oregon's real estate market sales. Here are the current foreclosures available in Government Camp, Welches, Rhododendron and Brightwood.
NAR, the National Association of Realtors has provided this map showing what percent of distressed sales make up each state's sales.
March snows brought a big dump in Welches, Rhododendron, Brightwood and of course Government Camp. At least 16 inches of snow fell in the Cascades with much of it still on the ground. This cut buyer access for showings down for many days as side streets were nearly impassable if not plowed. Elevations of 2,000 on up are still not easy to get to.
Here are the current pending sales for our area below. Out of the ten pending sales, five are bank foreclosures. Although nationally we are hearing less foreclosures are coming on the market right now, they are only delayed and will actually slow the housing recovery. Once the paperwork has been righted, these properties will be on the market.
Many foreclosures in Oregon have been halted due to recent court actions involving MERS. If you have a loan that was run through MERS it is highly possible your foreclosure has been stopped in Oregon as this gets sorted out in Oregon courts. What is MERS?
Read this article about recent foreclosures events in Oregon.
Did you know that the last quarter of 2010 had the greatest home affordability for the US in the past 20 years when records were started for this index! No misprint! Taking the average income of a family, this is the most affordable time to purchase a home. It looks like 2007 was the least affordable time to purchase a home. Indianpolois-Carmel, Indiana is the most affordable location in the US to buy a home today with 93% of the average income earners in the area able to purchase a home. At the other end of the spectrum, Santa Cruz, California was the least affordable for the average income earner at a 45% rate able to purchase. If you can qualify for a loan, this is the best time to purchase a home!
The regional multiple listing service has released the numbers for January 2011. The glaring number is the 50% increase in pending sales from this same month last year. This reflects the huge decrease in sales at the end of 2009 that would have been closing in 2010. The days on market is an eye opener at 253 days. This shows it's much better to have your home priced competitively on the market rather than churning up marketing time which will produce a lower price in the long run.
The numbers are in for January 2011. Six sales closed this past month. Only one foreclosure in the group. Most sales this month were second home buyers.
The Government Camp real estate market is a total buyer's market. Here are statistics from First American Title for the past week's round up. Extended marketing times of over 400 days for most price ranges indicate a need for movement downward to sell. The most plentiful of choices come at Collin's Lake where condos are offered in the low $200,000 range. Although many of these offerings are bank foreclosures-most are located along Hwy 26 with a level of noise many buyers are not willing to accept. Difficulty in securing financing on Condo units should continue to crowd this market with additional inventory causing prices to dip further.
Don't forget, real estate is LOCAL. Nationally the news is that sales were up around 12% nationally for the month of December. We can see that is not the case in the Mt. Hood area although activity has picked up for January. Pending sales compared to last year at this time is down 27%. Overall for the year, sales are down nearly 9%.
Collins Lake foreclosures are dominating the market in Government Camp. Here is a recent new listing that just became available today.
Another foreclosure unit went pending today, listed at $240,000
The last two sales closing in Collins Lake were also foreclosures. Once closing at $207,000 and another at $234,000.
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