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Home Values Rose In November 2009 By Another 0.7 Percent

Chris Brown - Florida's #1 FHA Mortgage Broker | Syndicated Mortgage Blogger: Mortgage Company in Lake Mary, FL

Reporting on a two-month lag, the government said home values rose 0.7 percent in November.

National home prices are at their highest point since February 2009.

But before we look too much into the FHFA's Home Price Index, it's important that we're cognizant of its shortcomings; the most important of which is its lack of real-time reporting.

According to the National Association of Realtors™, 80% of purchases close within 60 days. As a result, because of its two-month delay, the Home Price Index report actually trails today's market data by an entire sales cycle.

This is one reason why home values appear to be rising even while new data shows that......

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Home Values Rose In November 2009 By Another 0.7 Percent

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Chris is Florida's #1 FHA Mortgage Broker and a syndicated mortgage blogger. He is regular contributor to the three leading industry blog-fronts including The Mortgage Chili Blog, My FHA Mortgage Blog, Top of Mind Networks, the newest contributor to Lenderama and recently featured on Fox35 News.

Chris can be found at
Orlando FHA Loans,
Chris[at]OrlandoMortgagePro[dot]com,
or by calling 407.377.0500 x 210

Winter Park FL Luxury Real Estate Sales in December 2009

Judy Chapman, REALTOR® ~ Homes of Distinction & Short Sales: Real Estate Agent in Oviedo, FL

These statistics should give you a feel for what’s happening in the luxury segment of the Orlando FL real estate market.

Street

Date Sold

Original

List Price

Sold Price

Beds

Baths

Sq Ft

Pool

WINTER SPRINGS

12/09/09

$699,000

$574,000

4

4

3609

Y

BEAR CREEK

12/14/09

$789,900

$559,000

4

3

4336

Y

BENTLEY COVE

12/18/09

$575,000

$505,000

4

3

3497

Y

NORTHERN

12/30/09

$699,000

$525,000

4

3

3115

Y

Properties have been listed and sold by various MLS members.

Data drawn from the My Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service.

Common concerns and doubts of all home sellers

  • If the list price of my house is too high, no one will buy.
  • If the list price is too low, I’ll lose money.
  • Since this is a bad time to sell, I’m going to wait for the market to turn around.
  • While I’m waiting, house prices could take another nosedive.
  • If I try to sell again, I’ll waste more months of valuable time.
  • If the house remains on the market too long, buyers will wonder what’s wrong with it.
  • If I do sell, the market will rebound, and I’ll lose even more money.
  • I may never be able to sell the house.
  • I’ll probably have to put my plans on hold indefinitely.

Instead of being paralyzed by ‘what-ifs’, start believing that you can sell. All it takes is a fresh perspective and a renewed mindset.

Short Sale Success in Winter Springs FL

Judy Chapman, REALTOR® ~ Homes of Distinction & Short Sales: Real Estate Agent in Oviedo, FL

When homeowners face difficult financial times, Short Sales are often the best way out.

The story of this Short Sale illustrates how homeowners can avoid 1) foreclosure, 2) insurmountable debts, and 3) an uncertain future.

Lender: Wells Fargo & Wachovia

Initial Purchase Price of Home: Over $350,000

Loan Amount(s) Owed: $325,000

Hardship: Loss of income and layoff

Initial List Price: $235,000

Final List Price: $225,000

Contract Price: $210,000

Days to Contract: 40

Time to Obtain Lender Approval for Short Sale: 4 Months

Months to Close: 6 Months

Last Mortgage Payment: Homeowners were behind on payments by not more than 30 days, never stopped making HOA payments, and were up-to-date on property taxes.

Monetary Contribution Required of Homeowners to Finalize Short Sale: $3,000 to 2nd loan

Other Circumstances: 2nd loan wanted to reduce real estate commission to cover their contribution, but we got around it when 1st came through with enough dollars and sellers were willing to contribute the rest.

The owners loved their house and tried everything they could to stay in it. When they finally realized they couldn’t make it anymore, they contacted me based on my most recent blogpost Don’t Sell the Short Sale Short. Amazingly, they found the post about 10 minutes after it was published, how’s that for timing!

This was the first Short Sale I handled from start to finish. I had closed one other, but the escrow officer at our title agency had taken care of that one. It wasn’t a difficult file, and had I done it, I probably could’ve taken care of it with ease (and not learned much about the cumbersome administrative processes at lender Loss Mitigation Departments!).

I almost let the escrow officer at the title agency take care of this one as well, but when she became bogged down with about 40 (!) other Short Sale files from our office, I made the decision to steal the file from her when it was about 2 weeks old.

Am I glad I put in tons of work, dozens of phone calls, and pages and pages of faxes? You bet. Especially when I heard the voice of my seller getting the good news that the final approval letter had come in!

Winter Springs, Seminole County, FL – Market Sales Statistics for December ‘09

Marc Grossman, GRI - Greater Orlando Real Estate Broker: Real Estate Agent in Longwood, FL

Winter Springs Seminole County Florida 32708 Market Sales Statistics for December 2009

The following are the market sales statistics for Winter Springs, Seminole County, Florida for December 2009. Winter Springs is made up of the zip code 32708. For purposes of this analysis we are only splitting the data according to single-family homes vs, condominiums, townhomes and villas.

A couple of definitions are in order. The median sales price means that 50% of the homes sold for more and 50% of the homes sold for less during a certain period of time - in other words, it's the midpoint of sale prices. So basically what this means, is that the median sales price is showing market activity in that it's specifically indicating which price range is more active.

The average sales price, as opposed to the median sales price, is the total volume of sold properties divided by the number of properties sold.

The sales to list price ratio is just that, you're dividing the average sales price by the average list price and coming up with a percentage that tells you how much of the list price the average homes sold for.

There needs to be a disclaimer here. These stats are only as good as telling us what it being purchased and happening at a certain period in time. Also, it needs to be fully understood that not only is real estate local, but it is hyper-local. What this means is that the trends that we hear about are overall. Let's put it this way, what's happening in one neighborhood, may not be realized in the neighborhood next door.

Additionally, these are only monthly statistics and to get a better scope of what is happening, you need to look at a longer period of time. More high-end homes might be sold in one month as opposed to another. By looking at a longer period, you will get a better overall picture. It is all relative and this has to be understood when utilizing these stats.

Single-Family Homes

32 homes sold during the month of December.

The average sales price is $254,301 with 116 days on the market.

The median sales price is $235,000.

The sales to list price ratio is 95%.

The most expensive home sold for $574K in Arrowhead at Tuscawilla and was on the market 354 days

The least expensive home sold for $60,500 in Deersong after 656 days on the market.

The average sales price for the same period a year earlier was $220,495 with 150 days on the market and a sales to list price ratio of 91% on 23 sales, an increase of 39%.

The month to month changes show an increase in the average sales price of 27% and an increase in the median sales price of 31%. There was an increase of 19% in sales volume with a 3% decrease in sales to list price ratio.

Winter Springs Seminole County Florida 32708 single family home average and median sales price for December 2009

Winter Springs Seminole County Florida 32708 single family home sales volume average and median sales price for December 2009

Condos, Townhomes & Villas

4 homes sold

The average sales price is $89,975 with 100 days on the market.

The median sales price is $68,950.

The sales to list price ratio is 101%.

The most expensive townhome sold for $175,000 in Harbor Winds and was on the market 331 days.

The least expensive condo sold for $47,000 in Serenity at Tuskawilla after 41 days on the market.

The average sales price a year earlier was $138,475 with 100 days on the market and a sales to list price ratio of 94% on 4 sales.

The month to month changes show a decrease in the average sales price of 16% and a decrease in the median sales price of 37%. There was a decrease in sales volume of 60% with a 5% increase in the sales to list price ratio.

Winter Springs Seminole County Florida 32708 condo townhome villa average and median sales price for December 2009

Winter Springs Seminole County Florida 32708 condo townhome villa sales volume average and median sales price for December 2009

For information on Winter Springs and Seminole County real estate and Winter Springs and Seminole County homes for sale in addition to Winter Springs and Seminole County relocation contact Marc Grossman, your Winter Springs and Seminole County Realtor @ 407-463-1034. Additional information is available for Seminole County real estate, Orange County real estate, West Volusia County and South Lake County.

To learn more about Marc and the services he has to offer, visit his website.

Marc Grossman, GRI - http://www.OrlandoHomes-4u.com/ - 407-463-1034

You can read Marc's other blogs Real Estate Morsels, Real Estate Off The Leash & Real Estate Cracker

Marc donates 10% of his net proceeds to Hospice of the Comforter.

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Upon Closer Inspection, The Federal Reserve Isn't 100% Positive About The Future Of The Economy

Chris Brown - Florida's #1 FHA Mortgage Broker | Syndicated Mortgage Blogger: Mortgage Company in Lake Mary, FL

Both mortgage rates and home affordability took a turn for the better Wednesday after the Federal Reserve released its December 15-16, 2009 meeting minutes.

The Fed Minutes is a follow-up piece to the post-FOMC meeting press release. But whereas the press release is succinct and to-the-point, the minutes are lengthy and often meandering.

As a comparison, December's press release contained 535 words. December's minutes had 6,260.

But these "extra words" aren't superfluous. They're actually very important to homeowners. Because the Federal Reserve's internal debates help to shape Wall Street expectations, it doesn't take much for those conversations to have a trickle-down effect on Main Street.

For example, after the December meeting, the Fed said that......

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Upon Closer Inspection, The Federal Reserve Isn't 100% Positive About The Future Of The Economy

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Chris is Florida's #1 FHA Mortgage Broker and a syndicated mortgage blogger. He is regular contributor to the three leading industry blog-fronts including The Mortgage Chili Blog, My FHA Mortgage Blog, Top of Mind Networks, the newest contributor to Lenderama and recently featured on Fox35 News.

Chris can be found at
Orlando FHA Loans,
Chris[at]OrlandoMortgagePro[dot]com,
or by calling 407.377.0500 x 210