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Unread 02-27-2010, 10:11 AM
 
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I believe prices will continue to decline as foreclosures increase and unemployment rises.

Florida No. 1 in mortgages past due - South Florida Business Journal:
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Unread 02-27-2010, 10:28 AM
 
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Home sales up year-over-year in South | Business news | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/6887577.html - broken link)
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Unread 02-27-2010, 10:33 AM
 
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Home sales up year-over-year in South | Business news | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/6887577.html - broken link)
In Florida however prices continue to tank and foreclosures keep rising.

Florida Home Sales Up, Prices Down, Realtors Say « HousingWire
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Unread 02-27-2010, 11:45 AM
 
Location: FL (again :)) soon...
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We are trying to sell our house so that we can move. 92% of homes in Orlando for sale are forclosures. when you can buy my house - which was $300k in early 2007 - and now, can buy for half that - sales will increase.
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Unread 02-27-2010, 01:33 PM
 
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Please pass me my nitro pills,quick!!!

It looks like a meltdown to me.
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Unread 02-27-2010, 03:43 PM
 
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Unread 02-28-2010, 04:21 AM
 
Location: Oviedo, Fl formerly from the Philly Burbs!
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We are trying to sell our house so that we can move. 92% of homes in Orlando for sale are forclosures. when you can buy my house - which was $300k in early 2007 - and now, can buy for half that - sales will increase.
I think you are exagerating a wee bit...92%?? Where do you get these facts?

I find this article which states 1 in every 137 homes in Orange County or less than 1%, dated February 2010,

Business - Orlando bags 10th position in foreclosures - NY Breaking News

and I find this which states 1 in every 214 homes in Florida which is even less dated Feb 2009 when things were probably a little worse (or the same) and that is less than half a percent...

Good news: Foreclosures down 10%; state-by-state chart - USATODAY.com

Where are you finding the 92% figure? No doubt, Florida is way up there in the rankings, however, we found plenty of homes not in foreclosure when we looked and made our purchase less than a year ago.

And, I agree with you that home sales will begin to increase...have already..our home has remained fairly stable at the price we bought it at...bouncing along the bottom , so to speak...
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Unread 02-28-2010, 11:58 AM
 
Location: Orange County, Florida
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I think you are exagerating a wee bit...92%?? Where do you get these facts?

I find this article which states 1 in every 137 homes in Orange County or less than 1%, dated February 2010,

Business - Orlando bags 10th position in foreclosures - NY Breaking News
92% is almost certainly an exaggeration, but it is much, much more than 1%. That article states that 1 in 137 homes are in foreclosure, not that 1 in 137 homes that are for sale are in foreclosure. If I had to guess from looking at foreclosure for sale lists and regular for sale lists I would say it is around 10%, but that is a total guess since I certainly haven't counted and since many foreclosures aren't listed. I don't know if anyone has calculated the actual percentage of for-sale homes that are foreclosures; there are a lot of real estate agents here, maybe one of them has seen the figure.

-Harry
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Unread 02-28-2010, 12:32 PM
 
Location: Oviedo, Fl formerly from the Philly Burbs!
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92% is almost certainly an exaggeration, but it is much, much more than 1%. That article states that 1 in 137 homes are in foreclosure, not that 1 in 137 homes that are for sale are in foreclosure. If I had to guess from looking at foreclosure for sale lists and regular for sale lists I would say it is around 10%, but that is a total guess since I certainly haven't counted and since many foreclosures aren't listed. I don't know if anyone has calculated the actual percentage of for-sale homes that are foreclosures; there are a lot of real estate agents here, maybe one of them has seen the figure.

-Harry

Ah yes...good point!
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Unread 02-28-2010, 12:56 PM
 
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I just attended the REDC foreclosure auction on Saturday, and here is a glimpse of the action there:

There were 10 vacant lots in Bella Collina available....all .25 acre or less...9 went for $4,000, 1 went for $3,000 (in Bella Collina!!)...thought keep in mind they all had a $300/month HOA fee attached and I have no idea if any had the forced club membership at $40k.

A 4/2.5 2632sf home in Winter Springs went for $135,000. (852 Little Fawn Ct., 32708...no idea of neighborhood or property condition...at some point had sold for $361,000)

A 4/2 1929sf home in Lake Mary went for $102,500. (350 Aldrup Way, 32746...again no idea of neighborhood or condition...at some point had sold for $300,000)

A 5/3.5 4333sf home on a 1.4acre lot in Leesburg went for $340,000. (8955 Silver Lake Dr. 34788...had previously sold for $1,000,000)

A 3/2 1330sf home in Kissimmee went for $80,000. (4608 Cheyenne Point Trail 34746...had previously sold for $243,000)

...and the crown jewel...

A 4/3 2725sf home in Reunion went for $197,500. (1423 Titian Court 34747...had previously sold for $1,150,000)

So yeah, the people responsible for developing Reunion officially get the title of worst business IQ of all time.
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