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No Luck Finding A Charlotte Foreclosure Or Short Sale? Here's Why...

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Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Realty 179530

 

Foreclosure and short sales as a percentage of total home sales in the Charlotte, North Carolina region remained very low at 1.3% of total sales in March 2018, down from 2% in February 2018 and down 0.5% compared with March 2017. Closed lender mediated sales for the 12 month period ending March 2018 were just 1.6% of total Charlotte region home sales.

 

If you've been searching for a distressed property bargain in the Charlotte metro area and not finding one, here's why:

                                          

  • Foreclosure sales were down 27.3% in March 2018 compared with March 2017.
                                                                                                                  
  • Short sales were down 65.5% in March 2018 compared with March 2017.

  • Inventory of foreclosure and short sale properties stood at 1% of total number of homes for sale in the Charlotte region.

  • Average selling price for a distressed property for the 12 months ending March 2018 was up 17.4% compared with just 4.7% for non-distressed  sales.
      

 

 

MARCH 2018 SHARE OF DISTRESSED PROPERTY SALES IN THE CHARLOTTE REGION

 

Foreclosure and Short Sales In Charlotte Region March 2018

 

 

 

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This update on distressed property sales in the Charlotte region is brought to you by Nina Hollander and Carolinas Realty Partners, Coldwell Banker, your Charlotte metro area residential real estate experts.

 

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Comments (20)

Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Nina,

It is good to hear that these numbers are way down, thanks to a better job market.  A

Apr 15, 2018 09:10 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Ron and Alexandra Seigel ~ hi Alexandra and Ron... our percentage of distressed properties sold has been mostly at 2% or less in the Charlotte region for several years now. Then again, we were not hit as badly as many other parts of the country were because ours is not a speculative market on the whole.

Apr 15, 2018 09:17 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I suspect that your local real estate investors are wishing for a larger selection of foreclosures.

Apr 15, 2018 09:28 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Nina - this post offers a lot of insight into your local market.

Apr 15, 2018 09:31 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Roy Kelley ~ hi Roy... the investors have become very gun shy... home prices are not letting their numbers pencil out.

Apr 15, 2018 10:05 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Michael Jacobs ~ hi Michael... it's amazing that whenever I get calls from new prospective buyers who have a more limited budget and tell them our market is tight that they immediately respond with "we'll consider a foreclosure or short sale bargain." What foreclosure or short sale bargain? is my response.

Apr 15, 2018 10:07 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Nina- great information to provide for buyers in your area. There are many investors who will welcome this information, even though the pool is lower. 

Apr 15, 2018 10:41 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Kathy Streib ~ hi Kathy, thanks for popping by. Trust you've been enjoying your weekend!

Apr 15, 2018 11:08 AM
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

This sounds a lot like my market.  Not many homes for flipping also

Apr 15, 2018 12:04 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

William Feela ~ I pay no attention to the flipping market... just no my wheelhouse, as they say. But with the dearth of affordable homes, there isn't much for flippers to get excited about right now.

Apr 15, 2018 12:07 PM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Hi Nina

That's all pretty good news, even though some buyers seem to want to buy these homes, thinking they can get a great deal, and we of course know that is just not the reality. It's important for buyers to know the facts about the market.

Jeff

Apr 15, 2018 12:50 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Jeff Dowler, CRS ~ hi Jeff... always amazes me how many people think that distressed properties still sell at a steep discount.

Apr 15, 2018 01:12 PM
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

I am surprised that our short sale and foreclosure statistics are so low after being almost half of our inventory at one point Nina Hollander 

Apr 15, 2018 02:11 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®,CRS, ~ 50% is amazing, Paul... we were never near that number. We had pockets of Charlotte that were close to 30% of sales, but in many areas under 15%.

Apr 15, 2018 02:24 PM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Nina our number of foreclosures and short sales have gone down, but Buyers can still find them fairly easy here.

Apr 15, 2018 04:57 PM
Lisa Von Domek
Lisa Von Domek Team - Dallas, TX
....Experience Isn't Expensive.... It's Priceless!

Great news for the Charolotte market Nina Hollander .  Short sales and foreclosures are all but not to be found in my market either!

Apr 15, 2018 05:07 PM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Nina, yes it looks very similar to my market...looking for a Short Sale or a Foreclosure in my market is like looking for a needle in a haystack... and like William Feela   said...when I go with my buyers looking for a flip property we run into the same six or eight buyers....Endre

Apr 15, 2018 06:12 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Endre Barath, Jr. ~ hi Endre... I've noticed that where we have "more" foreclosure properties they are at the top end of our market and not really the kind of thing flippers or investors look for.

Apr 16, 2018 03:56 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Lisa Von Domek ~ good morning, Lisa... compared with much of the rest of the country we didn't have as many distressed/lender mediated sales as other similar sized metro areas, but what was there has essentially disappeared and pretty much disappeared a good two to three years ago.

Apr 16, 2018 03:57 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

George Souto ~ hi George, glad to hear your trends for lender mediated sales are down... but do wish you could send a few my way... I could probably find some buyers for them!

Apr 16, 2018 03:58 AM