Bill Barbin

NEW BANK-OWNED LISTING NOTIFICATION! Dear prospective Buyer, My name is Ed Harrigan of Bank of America Home Loans in Conway, NH. I have partnered with Bill Barbin of Badger Realty in North Conway, NH to assist him and his clients with bank-owned real estate transactions. Bill is an REO expert and works closely with numerous mortgage lenders to market their foreclosed inventory, including Bank of America Home Loans. In today’s market there are many buyers in search of a deal. Timing is critical when a property is priced to sell, which means you need to be up-to-date on current listings before they are gone. As a value added service to Bill Barbin’s clients, I provide regular notifications on newly “listed” foreclosure properties. If you see a foreclosed home or any other property that interests you, be sure to call Bill Barbin for full details. His contact information is below. When it’s time to make an offer on the right property, Bill will work closely with you to ensure a smooth transaction. Sneak Previews 29 CHAMPNEY ROAD NORTH CONWAY,NH 03860 3 bedroom 1 bath Bank Owned Ranch in the heart of North Conway on a quiet dead end road. 1 car attached garage. Deck. Fair Condition Price: TBD – not yet listed for sale Click hereto view listing: (Here I will put a hyperlink to NNREN so that your client can simply click on the link to view the property) 6 KRISTIN LANE BARTLETT NH 03812 4 bedroom 2 bath foreclosed home with 2 car attached garage. Corner Lot. Views. Poor Condition Price: TBD – not yet listed for sale 89 RYDER ROAD CAMPTON NH 03223 3 bedroom 1 bath Bank Owned Chalet on approx. 3+ acres with a large unfinished garage and a large unfinished stable/barn. Very Private Location near Plymouth. Poor Condition Price: TBD – not yet listed for sale If you have an interest in any of these properties contact Bill Barbin at 603-986-0385 for information on how to be ready when the price is set and the property hits the market. CURRENT LISTINGS 71 DRAKE ROAD EFFINGHAM NH 03882 8 Room 4 bedroom 2 full bath foreclosure Antique Cape with small attached barn/workshop and carport. Beautiful 1+/- acre lot. Good Condition Price: $164,900 Days on Market: 6 7 MAIN STREET FRYEBURG MAINE 04037 5 room 3 bedroom 1 bath Bank Owned Cape on just under 1 acre on Rt. 302 in Fryeburg ME. Fair to Good Conditon Price: $109,900 Days on Market: 6 69 CHASE AVENUE CONWAY NH 03818 6 room 3 bedroom 1 bath home on just under 1 acre. First Time Buyer approved. Deck w Hot Tub, New Foundation Footing. Very Good Condition Price: $129,900 Days on Market:118 73 HILL ROAD CONWAY NH 03813 7 room 3 Bedroom 2 Bath Foreclosed Property New Construction Colonial on over an acre. Within 200+/- yards of Conway Lake. Good Condition Price: $255,000 Days on Market: 114 92 FOX ROAD MADISON NH 03849 8 Room 4 Bedroom 3 Bath Bank Owned Home on over 4.5acres near King Pine Ski area. Minutes to North Conway. Built in 2004. Fair to Good Condition Price: $239,900 Days on Market: 23 For information on any of the above listings call: Bill Barbin Badger Realty Office: (603) 356-5757 Cell: (603) 986-0385 *BEST* Email: Bill@BadgerRealty.com Visit Bill on the Web: www.BillBarbin.com ARE YOU LOOKING TO FINANCE YOUR TRANSACTION? If you are looking to finance your transaction it is important that you obtain a pre-approval from a mortgage professional that understands this market and can provide you with fast, professional service. Many banks won’t even review your offer without a pre-approval. As a local mortgage professional I am familiar with the demographics of this market. In addition, I understand the intricacies of purchasing a bank owned property. I am available nights and weekends to provide you with a free pre-approval letter and credit analysis. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are seeking to make an offer and need financing on a Bank of America owned listing, a Bank of America Home Loans pre-approval is required to submit your offer. However, you are NOT obligated to use Bank of America Home Loans. You are free to choose whichever lender you wish to provide financing. Sincerely, On the Web: www.EdHarriganMortgage.com The highest compliment my customers can give is the referral of their friends, family, and business partners.

The following is an answer to a recent email I received from a blog reader. He had inquired about bank owned properties and i sent him a list of a mix of properties (bank owned foreclosures and privately owned) from the NNEREN mls we use as brokers in NH. He responded by saying that he didn't want mls listings but that he actually wanted the info. on foreclosures: This led me to my explanation of the methods and reasoning behind the very public approach the banks take and the information that the people that sell "Foreclosure Property Lists" do not want you to know. This is a time of opportunity and like many windows of opportunity, there are many many snake oil sales schemes that prey upon the perception that there is a secret method of advertising foreclosures that the banks employ as opposed to soliciting the highest market value they could get on the open market. The old stan-by saying of "they don't want to own property" makes us all believe that they will just give them away if only they could find a buyer. The reality is that they want the highest value they can get in the shortest period of time. Here is my response:

Hi XXXXX,

Banks actually list their properties with brokers in order to get the full exposure to the competitive market. They send their own reps to auctions to make sure they don't sell for less than a marketable value. Then they list the property with a broker, like myself, to get the property on the mls. This works well for them because their pricing strategy is to price below the appraised value so that their listings are an obvious value in comparison to the regular mls offerings. They can do this because they are just trying to mitigate losses. Private property sellers are typically trying to pay off a mortgage or maximize their profits. The banks accept that their will be a loss. They get an opinion of value from their broker, then they pay to have an appraiser give a value and then they undercut it by a margin that will make them sell fast and often in a competitive offer situation.
I think your question stems from a myth that is popularized by companies that sell lists of foreclosures and that myth is that there is some type of secondary marketplace where banks quietly stash their listings. Banks want to expose their properties to the largest number of ready, willing and able buyers. Brokers and the mls are the best source for buyers.
The secondary benefit for buyers in a foreclosure rich market is that the banks start to take control of the prices. When foreclosures sell for 10% below an appraised value every property around that sale is devalued by 10%. Then to sell a home in that area a property needs to be priced so as to be an obvious value. In other words, it has to be priced below the adjusted value. So what we are seeing now is that sellers that really want to sell need to compete with the banks' prices. This presents great deals for buyers whether the property is a foreclosure or not.
What I think you need to do is to look for a property that has what you want and then work with me to compare it to sold properties to determine the price that makes it a great deal and then you make an offer. It doesn't matter if it's a bank or a homeowner so long as you get the property for the right price.

Thanks,
Bill Barbin
Direct: 603-986-0385

Badger Realty North Conway NH
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Keep track of my foreclosure listings at BillBarbin.com, my personal website. Over the past 6 months there has been a sharp increase in the number of sales of foreclosed homes in the general North Conway NH and White Mountain region. We have also seen an increase in the number of new foreclosure listings for real estate for sale. However, the trend is emerging that shows that these are the homes and properties that are staying on the market for the shortest period of time. What is this trend telling us?
It is common knowledge that banks and other lenders do not want to be in the business of owning and managing properties. We also know that many of these institutions are in some form of distress due to the banking crisis and stock market problems with mortgage backed securities. What I see from this information and the actual pricing practices of the banks that list their foreclosed properties with me as bank owned foreclosure listings, is that the lenders know that good deals are not selling right now. The only properties that are really selling are the "great deals". There are buyers out in the market right now. However, these are the buyers that are looking for obvious and dramatic values. Therefore, banks and lenders that have foreclosed properties are listing these foreclosure listings for sale at "great deal" prices.
The method they use is simple: They ask someone like myself, the listing broker, for an opinion of value. Then they order an appraisal through a certified appraiser. Then they undercut those prices by about 15% and list the property for sale, usually in "as is" condition. This results, quite often, in market times under 30 days and often multiple offers, many of which are cash offers.
How does this effect the rest of us? Well, when the market is hot and an appraiser looks at a property for a bank that is offering financing to a buyer, the appraiser doesn't use bank owned or foreclosure listings or even short sales as comparable properties for the report. They look at those sales as anomalous. But when the bank owned sales get to be greater than 25% or so of the sales for a given period in a market area, the appraiser has no choice but to use those for comparison pricing. The result is that every other value is compared against the competitive pricing strategy of the bank owned properties. This means that the report may not support the buying price of a privately owned property sale. Once the banks won't lend to a certain sale price, that property's value is immediately diminished. As this trend continues, every listed property faces the same problem with appraisals. At the same time, when you have a market with an over-supply of available homes and properties for sale, the buyers themselves are comparing one house to the next. These are the people looking for obvious value to make them feel comfortable with their purchase decisions. It ends up resulting in a 2 pronged effect on the value of all the other homes on the market.
Keep track of my foreclosure listings in the North Conway NH and White Mountain Region at BillBarbin.com, my personal website.