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investor: eBay for Serious Real Estate Investors? - 06/14/10 12:21 AM
To serve a new wave of computer savvy real estate investors, an Arizona company, called Smart Arizona Foreclosures, has set up a website reminiscent of eBay, which offers online bidding for qualified cash buyers.  Now you can bid on bank owned residential properties without even leaving your home!  Sound too good to be true? We don't think so.
My associates at Smart Arizona Foreclosures have designed a streamlined website with a number of fail-safe devices (title search, photographs, minimum/maximum bids, etc.) to minimize the risk. In addition, my clients will have my assistance in double-checking property values, resale estimates, rehab charges, and … (5 comments)

investor: The Calm Before the Storm - 04/10/09 02:03 PM
As those of you who have been following my blog know, one of the main statistical areas I have been tracking is the ratio between Active (for sale) and Closed (sold) properties on the MLS. I look at the whole MLS and also target Tempe as a sample of a local market.
 
At the end of March I noticed that many offers on properties below $150k were going very quickly and these properties frequently had multiple offers. Concerned by this trend I decided to check the MLS and noticed that the inventory was down to 50,200 active listings, 200 away … (2 comments)

investor: The Real Estate Market Continues to Recover - August 2008 - 08/16/08 03:07 AM
By The Numbers
Inventory (supply) down: For the fifth straight month, total inventory has dropped. We are still in the 50,000s and although this is still high, the trend is down.
Sales (demand) up:  Closed sales for June are above 6,000 and are double what they were per month during the slump in 2007.
Forecast: Pending sales for August are still around 7,000, so it is safe to conclude that the downward trend will continue.
The absorption rate (time to clear out the current inventory) has dropped to 9 months from over 20 months in 2007. 
The last time we saw … (0 comments)

investor: The Real Estate Market Continues to Recover - 07/18/08 02:55 PM
By The Numbers 
Inventory (supply) down: For the fourth straight month, the total inventory has dropped. We are still in the 50,000's which is high but the trend is down.
Sales (demand) up:  Closed sales for June are close to 6000 and double what they were per month during the slump in 2007.
Forecast: pending sales for July are above 7000, so it is safe to conclude that the trend will continue.
The inventory at the current absorption rate (time to clear out the current inventory) has dropped to 9 months from over 20 months in 2007.  The last time we … (0 comments)

 

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