Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Short Sales And REO's Dominate Housing Buyers Market!

Four Hundred Thousand Homes for Sale and less than 5% are non-distressed.







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Report: Distressed Homes Accounted for Nearly Half of January Sales

The percentage of distressed properties in home purchase transactions climbed to its highest level in nearly a year last month, according to a report released Tuesday by Campbell Surveys in conjunction with Inside Mortgage Finance.

“Short sales occupy 65 percent of market share, REOs occupy 30 percent of market share, non-distressed are 5 percent or less,” reported another agent in Nevada.

The first-time homebuyer share of home sales was 35.0 percent in January, according to the report, down from 37.7 percent in December. The survey found that FHA lending also took a tumble, falling from 30.2 percent of financing options in December to 27.7 percent in January

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