Take a look at the above graph.  Anything jump out at you?  Hmmm, perhaps the Jolly Green Giant?  What is that you ask?  It's the number of single family homes in the $100,000 to $250,000 that have sold in 2009 which were REOS (bank owned foreclosures).  This is the overwhelming largest property type that has sold so far in 2009.  Nearly 2/3 of all of the properties closed in 2009 have been foreclosure and of those, the largest majority by far closed for $100,000 to $250,000 sold price range.  Although a few of these properties had Dade County appraised market values of up to $600,000, most had a Dade County market value of +- $250,000, still good deals, but not overwhelming steals.

This also shows that "regular" sellers in any of the price ranges up to $500,000 have to compete head to head with foreclosures and short sales, but those over $500,000, especially at the higher price points, do not.  They do, however, still have buyers out there with the "I have to get a deal" mindset, but at least there are banks willing to feed them what they want (REOs) as readily as in the lower price brackets.

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