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Lakeland Florida Short Sale and Foreclosure Home Prices – August 2010

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Managing Real Estate Broker with Lakeland Real Estate Group, Inc. BK646565

Lakeland Florida Short Sale and Foreclosure Home Prices – August 2010

 
For the month of August, the Lakeland real estate market of short sales and bank-owned (REO) properties market share decreased to 57.75% from the previous month. There were a total of 108 properties sold, compared to 102 in July and 75 distressed Lakeland homes sold the year prior, according to Mid-Florida Regional MLS. Home prices for Lakeland Short Sales continue to decline as their counter parts of traditional home sales, while average Lakeland Foreclosure prices have increased by almost 20% from the previous month.
 
Currently there are a total of 2,001 Lakeland FL homes for sale and 487 homes under contract (9/20/2010). By calculating total inventory, homes that are under contract which are included in my inventory share because these properties have not closed in which a buyer could walk away at any given time.
 

 

Bank owned properties – Inventory share is 17.48%
Short sale properties – Inventory share is 26.77%

 

The Graph below compares sold homes in all categories – Traditional Sales (None Distressed), Lakeland Foreclosures (REO) and Lakeland Short Sales.
  
Lakeland FL Short Sale & Foreclosure Home Prices - August 2010

Average days to Closing for bank-owned properties are 106 days
Average days to Closing for other distressed properties are 250 days. 
 

 

18 Lakeland Short Sale properties sold - average sold price $109,822 – median sold price $96,500

90 Lakeland foreclosures (REO) sold – average sold price $85,085 – median sold price $73,725.

Lakeland location by zip codes where such sales as foreclosures and short sale most occur:

Lakeland FL Short Sale & Foreclosure - August 2010

Looking for a great deal on Lakeland Short Sales and Lakeland foreclosures, feel free to contact me at petra@petranorris.com or click the search button below.

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Comments(2)

Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Hi Petra, still lots of distressed properties out there, but slowly, they will work down... great insight.

Sep 20, 2010 09:06 AM
Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

Hi Petra, in a price range of $11,000 to $649,000, there should be something for every budget!

Sep 30, 2010 01:24 PM