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Beautiful Brea CA ~ Real Estate Report for June 2008

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Preferred Home Brokers 00402040

Brea, CA Residential Real Estate Sales Report  ~ Home Sales for June 2008 ~ Home Sales Up & Inventory Down.

Brea is a City is well known for excellence in education. The schools have been a strong draw for residents in our community. It's often said Brea enjoys some of the bigger city benefits, yet maintains a small town atmosphere. Many of us who live here feel it's the best of both worlds. 

Single family sales activity for June 2008, prices range from $315,000 to $2,450,000 although 90% of the homes in the city are priced under $1,000,000.

  • 93 re-sale homes currently for sale, (lowest inventory in past 9 months) down from prior of months 102/114/122/134/132/150/156/161/156 respectively.  
  • 27 pending sales, currently in escrow, the highest in 9 months. Compared to 24/17/23/12/6/9/9/6/8 in prior months.
  • 20 homes closed escrow in June  compared to 14/21/13/8/8/13/13/23/15, respectively in prior months.

Condominium sales activity for June ~ Condos/town-homes range from $250,000.00 to 550,000.

  • 13 condo/town homes currently for sale, compared to 13/14/21/17/34/29/30/28 in preceding months.
  • 1 pending sale went into escrow in June, the same as last month and compared to 5/2/2/0/3/5/2/5/7 in prior months.
  • 5 properties closed escrow, as compared to 4/2/2/0/3/3/2/4/6/4, respectively in preceding months.

 *It's important to note of the 107 properties currently for sale in our City of Brea (single family homes and condos combined) 41 of those properties are identified as either a short sale property (a homeowner who owes more than the selling/offered price) or are foreclosued properties now owned by the lender, which represent slightly more than 38% of the existing inventory.

 If you lived in Brea you would be approximately:

  • 30 Miles east of downtown Los Angeles
  • 39 Miles from LAX ~ Los Angeles International Airport
  • 16 Miles from John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana
  • 10 Miles from Disneyland, the "Happiest Place on Earth" ~ Anaheim, CA.                     

To learn more about Brea take a tour around our city at  All About Brea~ Brea, CA 92821 & 92823 and view Sunset MagazineBrea The Best of The West and you will see why Brea's the Place to Be. Looking for family entertainment in the City of Brea? View  Family Fun in Good Old Brea, or visit our City Hall Park, it's like a step back in time.

Planning on spending a day or two here? Check out, Brea ~ CA as Featured in Westways Magazine  for day tripping around town. If you're want more on Brea real estate contract me, Lynda Eisenmann at Preferred Home Brokers for Real Estate Help, we're one of longest established real estate companies in Orange County under the same ownership.

The city is also known for a strong business and financial community, learn more here, view Brea Means Business  or view Beautiful Brea-Orange Co. CA, 92821, 

When it comes to real estate, contact us at Preferred Home Brokers, Brea's oldest independent real estate brokerage with today's technology serving home buyers and sellers for over 30 years. Contact Lynda Eisenmann, Broker-Owner.

  

Comments(8)

William Johnson
Retired - La Jolla, CA
Retired

Hi Lynda, A wonderful post for consumers and I hope you will join our new group, the Internet Empowered Consumer and post you new article for the consumer. As you know, you are one of my favorites for consumers posts and this one is no exception. Superb information both about the market, community and the photos are always great!

Jul 19, 2008 10:12 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Lynda:

Another great source of market information for buyers and sellers, plus useful information about the area. Looks like things have inproved, particularly for single family homes. 9 months of inventory is pretty impressive in this day and age.

Jeff

Jul 19, 2008 10:36 AM
Lynda Eisenmann
Preferred Home Brokers - Brea, CA
Broker Associate ,CRS,GRI,SRES, Brea,CA, Orange Co

Hi William ~ Thanks so much for the kindness, I love writing about my community.

Jeff ~ Thank you Jeff, some of the numbers surprised me a ittle myself.

Jul 19, 2008 11:30 AM
Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman
Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI
(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

Things are looking up over there in Brea...well, it's no wonder....you are bringing top notch info, stats and everything about the community!

Jul 19, 2008 03:11 PM
Lynda Eisenmann
Preferred Home Brokers - Brea, CA
Broker Associate ,CRS,GRI,SRES, Brea,CA, Orange Co

Aloha Sally ~ Thanks, you're right the numbers of sales are improving. Sales are up, yet bottom line prices are not. And...that's the truth!

Jul 19, 2008 06:34 PM
Mana Tulberg
805 County Real Estate - Camarillo, CA
Real Estate Agent - Camarillo CA

Lynda, Nice to see that sales have picked up in your area as well. Do you see the number of short sales and REOs increasing by the month?

Jul 20, 2008 03:45 AM
Teri Eckholm
Boardman Realty - White Bear Lake, MN
REALTOR Serving Mpls/St Paul North & East Metro

Hi Lynda--Wow nearly 40% short sale! That is a high percentage. Sign of the times all over the US. Good to see that homes seem to be selling in Brea...Single family is doing much better than the condo/townhome market here too! Nice report!

Jul 21, 2008 06:43 AM
Jennifer Fivelsdal
JFIVE Home Realty LLC | 845-758-6842|162 Deer Run Rd Red Hook NY 12571 - Rhinebeck, NY
Mid Hudson Valley real estate connection

Lynda - I am am also glad to see sales going in the right direction.  As usual your market report is fully of valuable information.  I love the section where you help people to get a sense of where they are " If you live in Brea you are X miles from......"

Jul 24, 2008 02:04 AM