Francisco Park Two (Mid Mod)

Notes & Results - Las Vegas Foreclosure Real Estate Auction

December 9th, 2007 Categories: Francisco Park One (Duplex), Francisco Park Two (Mid Mod), Las Vegas Real Estate News, Market Conditions, Mortgage, Paradise Palms

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The crowd was huge. I’m guessing about 1500 people showed up, which probably translated to 1000 actual bidders. The banks that owned the properties were actually there to make decisions. Most of the homes went to contract yesterday. A dozen or so along the way were brought back to the floor and auctioned a second time, either because the bank rejected the bid price or the winning bidder the 1^st round had something wrong with their paperwork, or money, or whatever. In 2 of the cases, the 2^nd time got a higher price, but in all the others, the 2^nd bid ended up lower than the first time around.

VERY FEW PROPERTIES WERE IN VINTAGE VEGAS

I’ve been seeing and saying all along that the “foreclosure problem” was primarily a suburban issue. Very few of the 2004 and 2005 speculators that ran up our market were buying vintage homes in our classic or undiscovered neighborhoods.

There were only 5 Vintage Vegas homes that I was tracking. I was there with buyers who were willing to bid on 2 of them. I intentionally didn’t mention 16^th Street on the Blog since I already had someone bidding on it. We dropped out at 270k, and it went to 280k the first time and 285k the second time. In both cases, the bank foolishly didn’t accept either bid.

The most interesting case is the Rancho Bel Air Home on Dalmation. We dropped out at 450k, and the bank turned down the final bid of 545k in the first round. It got auctioned again and only got bid up to 530k in the second round. It was also one of the few homes that didn’t go to contract.

The other 3 were a duplex in Fran Park 1 which went for $155, the Fran Park 2 on Talbot which sold for 140, and the Paradise Palms home on Cabalerro which sold for $155,000.

The vast majority of the homes that were auctioned yesterday were less than 7 years old. I had researched many of them out of curiosity. Almost every one of them had been a rental for 1 or 2 years before the bank took it back. Many were still in great condition, though some had been trashed.

As a generality, the homes were selling for about 2/3 of the “previously valued” priced that was shown in the brochure. The previous value was the list price that the banks had put on the properties when they were listed for sale in the MLS before being put in the auction.

Similar Foreclosure Auctions In Las Vegas Will Be Announced

There’s bound to be a few more of these auction. I’ll be posting dates and links the moment I become aware of them. In the meantime, you can do a few things to get ready for them.

First, start working on your credit scores.

Second: Start saving up, as you HAVE to have money to buy now a days.

Third: Get a with a good Mortgage Lender and Realtor (hint hint) to help you put a plan in place. This is really important whether you’re going to try to buy at auction, or in the open market.

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Anectodal Evidence Of A Shift In Las Vegas Real Estate Market Conditions

November 5th, 2007 Categories: Francisco Park Two (Mid Mod), Las Vegas Real Estate News, Market Conditions, Paradise Palms, Southridge

The doom and gloom headlines and the up and down craziness of the stock market aside, we’re seeing definite signs of life in the market.

Bruce scored a great deal on a Paradise Palms Pool Home, Maribeth found the cutest little mid mod in Fran Park. Marissa grabbed up our great listing on Hassett. Ben scored a great little insider deal I put together from a lady over on 17^th street. We’re opening escrow today on 1701 15^th Street.

Terri, my favorite escrow officer at Title One opened twice as many purchase escrows in October as she did in September.

I had to wait 4 days to get an appointment with Steve, my favorite vintage home inspector. All summer, I could get an appointment with him the next day with no problem at all.

Paul, at Farmers Insurance has seen a big pick up in orders for new policies.

My sign guy took DOWN more signs in October than he put up.

We won’t get real October numbers from NAR and GLVAR till later in November, but everyone in the industry that I’m talking to were busier in October than they were in September and certainly busier than they were all summer.  

November has always been a good month with buyers wanting to “get in before the holidays”. I’ve got 3 buyers I’m working with who are likely to buy this month, and of course dozens and dozens who are willing, but not convinced it’s time yet. There’s another 30 or so who want to buy in Vintage Vegas “as soon as their current house sells”.

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