El Dorado Hills, CA REO (BANK OWNED) SALES DATA FOR May 2010
This is a continuation of my three year monthly report on Bank Owned home sales data for El Dorado Hills, CA. This report covers Bank Owned homes sold in May 2010.
There were 15 Bank Owned homes sold in May, down 29% from April. This depleted the available inventory which presently stands at 1.35 months. The inventory of all available homes in El Dorado Hills is presently only 3.4 months. It had been 8.9 months in March of 2009. Six months is considered a neutral market, so we are still in a seller's market irrespective of what the media reports..
The average days-on-market dropped to 33, down from 57 in April. None of the REO homes that sold had been on the market for over 100 days. A full 34% of the REO homes sold were on the market two weeks of less. The well priced homes are selling quickly as usual. Those that were not well priced took longer to sell-Real estate 101.
The 15 REO homes that sold represent 24% of all homes sold in El Dorado Hills in May.
The cost per square foot of REO homes in Mayl was $ 150, down $4 from April. The cost per square foot of all homes sold in January also decreased $ 7 from $167 in April.
The difference between the cost per square foot of REO properties and the cost per square foot of all properties sold indicates that REO homes represented a 6% savings for REO buyers.
The overall sales price for REO homes was 97.1% of the final asking price, and 96.2% of the original asking price, and 40% of the buyers paid more than the asking price for REO homes in April.
The actual, measurable savings is the difference in cost per square foot between REO homes sold and the cost per square foot of all home sold: in March, $ 10 per square foot. That is a $ 25,000 savings on a 2500 square foot home, not a small sum.
The data follows:
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