Doug Curtis

Here is your weekly sales report for the 78248 and 78258 zip codes for week ending July 14.

78248

• Total active listings - 107
• New listings -
• Price change - 4
• Sales - 2
• Average sales Price - $222,450
• Days on the market - 128

78258

• Total active listings - 530
• New listings - 46
• Price change - 64
• Sales - 10
• Average Sales Price - $330,390
• Average Days on the Market - 130

Sales Activity 78248 and 78258 Zip Codes - San Antonio

Here is your weekly sales report for the 78248 and 78258 zip codes for week ending June 23.

78248

• Total active listings - 117
• New listings - 14
• Price change - 6
• Sales -6
• Average sales Price - $297,500
• Days on the market - 94

78258

• Total active listings - 543
• New listings - 34
• Price change - 48
• Sales - 25
• Average Sales Price - $304,916
• Average Days on the Market - 102

Here is the sales activity for the 78248 and 78258 zip codes for the week ending June 9.

78248

• Total active listings - 123
• New listings - 9
• Price change - 7
• Sales -1
• Sales Price - $781,800
• Days on the market - 75

78258

• Total active listings - 549
• New listings - 24
• Price change - 34
• Sales - 17
• Average Sales Price - $299,947
• Average Days on the Market - 118

Here are the sales statistics for the week ending June 9, 2009 for the San Antonio area.

New listings - 664

Price reductions - 691

Average list price - $261,381

Houses sold - 378

Averages sales price - $181,040

Average price per square foot - $81.86

Average number of days on the market - 111

Have you ever heard of a Self-Directed IRA? Have you ever thought about moving your retirement funds out of the stock market - who hasn't in this market? I did last year. I moved my funds into a Self-Directed IRA and have been using the funds to buy real estate - something I understand and have a lot more control over than stocks in a company controlled by a management team I've never met.

IRA LLC Partner has some information at this URL that will give you the general background about how a Checkbook Control Self-Directed IRA works - http://www.irallcpartner.com/articles/self-directed-real-estate-iras.php

I bought my first foreclosure in November, fixed it up and put it back on the market. I made an offer on the 2nd property today.

The Truly Self-Directed IRA has to be one of the best-kept retirement planning secrets around.

By the way - I had the LLC drafted up by a company that specializes in this and Sunwest Trust is my intermediary.