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Scottsdale Home Sales in Zip Code 85262 - 1st Quarter 2009

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Real Estate Agent with Live Better in Arizona

Here are the sales activity figures for the Scottsdale's 85262 zip code over the first three months of the year.

This far-North Scottsdale zip code houses some of the top luxury communities like:

The following analysis looks at single-family resale home sales and has been broken down into three categories - Non-Distressed Sales, Short Sales (Pre-Foreclosure) and Lender-Owned Sales.  

Zip Code 85262- Scottsdale Single-Family Resale Performance - Q1 2009
Property Type Active Listings  % of Total Pending Sales % of Total Homes Sold % of Total
Non-Distressed 710 80% 16 33% 33 45%
Short Sales 106 12% 15 31% 14 19%
Lender-Owned 67 8% 18 37% 27 36%
TOTAL 883 100% 49 100% 74 100%
   
Property Type Avg. Sold Price Avg. Sq Feet (Sold) Avg. Price per Sq. Ft. (Sold) Days on Market (Sold) List Price to Sales Price  
Non-Distressed $1,667,744 4,669 $309.35 232 85%  
Short Sales $477,786 3,878 $123.10 268 94%  
Lender-Owned $467,497 3,277 $139.23 164 92%  
TOTAL $1,012,630 4,015 $213.02 214 87%  
* Cumulative days on market.           

In this zip code, 80% of the homes for sale were non-distressed with the balance belonging to short sales and lender-owned properties. However, only 33% of the sales in Q1 were non-distrssed homes. Short sales made up 31% and lender-owned were 37%. The distressed property sales had a much larger impact in 85262 (68%) than they did in 85255 (52%) or Scottsdale in general (52%).

The sales price discrepancy between non-distressed and distressed was the most marked in 85262. The average non-distressed sales price was over $1.6 million where distressed average prices were in $400,000's.

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Disclaimer:
Data and information were pulled from the Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS) on 4/1/2009 and can change at any time. Some numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Copyright © 2009 Heather Tawes Nelson

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Heather Tawes Nelson
Live Better in Arizona - Scottsdale, AZ
Associate Broker, ABR, CLHMS, CRS - Scottsdale, AZ

It was great meeting you as well! I will be sure to add your info to my PM list/contractor list.

May 07, 2009 04:24 AM