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Daytona Beach Real Estate & Community Events blog. By Lisa C. Hill, "THE SMART CHOICE!"

living roomI was just commenting on a real estate blog post here on Active Rain, with the TV turned down pretty low. I tend to blog this way quite freqently. I don't really like to just sit and watch TV. Actually, I think I'm incapable of doing just one thing at a time. Anyway, I wasn't really paying attention to the TV until I heard a commercial that had just one statement that got my attention. It was about the real estate foreclosure market in Florida.

With the presidential election coming up in just a few weeks, there have been a lot of political commercials on TV, and this was one of them. So I'm far from being completely convinced as to the validity of this statement. (It was, of course, just more mud slinging in the rest of the commercial.) But the statement was that the state of Florida is experiencing more than 1400 home foreclosures per day. WHAT!?! Per day!?! Wow!buy daytona beach condo for sale near beach

So I'd like to know if anyone can verify the statement that I just heard... "The state of Florida is experiencing more than 1400 home foreclosures per day." Can anyone verify these numbers?

That being said, I'll have 4 VERY affordable condos coming on the market soon. These will be short sales, but they were financed through a private lender who has agreed to the prices and the commissions. We have the lender's assurance that there will be no delays on getting the contracts signed, and the commission will not be reduced. 3 of these units are in the same building where I had many units listed for sale over the last year. A few of them sold, but 3 of them are now being foreclosed on by a private lender. The 4th unit is financed by this same lender, but is in a different condominium, located directly on the river. Stay tuned for more information. Just be a little bit patient. I've been working with these clients for over a year. While they're quick to get things sold, they're a bit slow in getting signatures on all the initial paperwork.

I'll keep you posted. In the interim, view the condos for sale in the condo-conversion project, from when I initially listed the entire building. Just follow the link above. They're all beautifully remodeled.

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Comments(11)

Susie Blackmon
Ocala, FL
Ocala, Horses, Western Wear, Horse Farms, Marketing

Hi Ms. Lisa, statements about numbers are always loaded... when were the numbers compiled?  How young/old is the data?  And how in the heck do you figure out exactly how many foreclosures there are???  Best of luck with your short sales.  Are you going to Orlando?

Oct 15, 2008 07:49 PM
Midori Miller
Talk 2 Midori, LLC - Daytona Beach, FL
Online Marketing For Real Estate Professionals

You listing machine you! :)  I am not sure where those stats are from but I have seen the same numbers!  Don't think you are off..the hook...I'm posting that video...very soon! It was really so nice to finally meet you face to face..you rock girl!

Oct 15, 2008 11:19 PM
Michele Connors
The Overton Group, LLC Pitt & Carteret County - Greenville, NC
Your Eastern North Carolina Realtor

seems high to me as well. It may be that they are counting with faulty equipment ,-)

1400x365 means a half million per yr.... Maybe with builder projects at a halt and multiples in condo units..it could be realistic ?

Oct 15, 2008 11:43 PM
Ann Allen Hoover
RE/MAX Advantage South - Hoover, AL
CDPE SRES ASP e-PRO Realtor - Homes for Sale - AL

Wow, that's a lot of foreclosures!  Good luck with your condos....the pictures are nice.

Have a great day Lisa!

Oct 15, 2008 11:55 PM
Lisa Hill
Florida Property Experts - Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Beach Real Estate

Susie- Good points. It's definitely a loaded statement. BTW, it was an Obama commercial. I didn't catch how he was placing the blame on McCain. It's weird how our brains are hard-wired to automatically tune into anything about real estate, and block out the rest.

Midori- LOL! I keep checking your blogs. I did think I was possibly off the hook. Darn it!

Michele- I have no idea if that's realistic or not. It sure seems unrealistic though.

Ann- Thanks!

Oct 16, 2008 01:05 PM
Katrina Madewell
Charles Rutenberg Rlty- More than 5,000 agents(813) 777-1196 - Tampa, FL
Tampa FL Homes for sale | Tampa Bay - (813) 777-1196

SOoOOooo Sad for some, such an opportunity for many!

Katrina Madewell in TAMPA, FL

Oct 16, 2008 02:59 PM
Thesa Chambers
West + Main - Bend, OR
Principal Broker - Licensed in Oregon

that is a huge number - but these condos sound great and to have the lender working with you is wonderful - should help with a sale

Oct 16, 2008 04:38 PM
Lynda Eisenmann
Preferred Home Brokers - Brea, CA
Broker Associate ,CRS,GRI,SRES, Brea,CA, Orange Co

Hi Lisa,

The actual numbers must be out there someowhere. Ours in SoCal continue to climb here.

Oct 16, 2008 04:56 PM
Karen Cooper
Karen Cooper | Sr Mortgage Loan Originator ! NMLS # 223305 | First Federal Bank of Florida, Ocala, FL - The Villages, FL
Helping Homeowners w/Home Loans in 27 US States

Hi Lisa - The compiled numbers I refer to are Fannie/Freddie's, which won't include everything, but gives a pretty good indication if you know what percentage of the mortgages in your market are sold to them. Then, there is the Census' annual housing report, but it's a whopper.

Oct 22, 2008 11:49 AM
Callie Thompson
Property Xchange Solutions - Frederick, MD
Property Xchange Solutions

Well I know we are the 2nd highest state for foreclosures in the US.

Oct 23, 2008 05:40 AM
Paul Gapski
Berkshire Hathaway / Prudential Ca Realty - El Cajon, CA
619-504-8999,#1 Resource SD Relo

yes they look so nice but Foreclosures are such tough on to stomach.

Aug 30, 2011 05:25 PM