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Mar
9
2012

How’s the Market in Huntington Seacliff?

Six Month Update: 9/2011 thru 02/2012 Condo & Townhome Market The condo & townhome market in Huntington Seacliff struggled through the last six months: The sales volume was down 11.76%, the average sale price was down 9.77%, the average sale price per square foot was down 17.49%, and the average days on market was up [...]

Mar
9
2012

How’s the Market in Downtown Huntington Beach?

Six Month Update: 9/2011 thru 02/2012 – by Scot Campbell Condo & Townhome Market The condo & townhome market in Downtown Huntington Beach struggled through the last six months: The sales volume was down 7.69%, the average sale price was down 7.56%, the average sale price per square foot was down 5.99%, and the average [...]

Mar
7
2012

The Value of a Huntington Beach Home…

I saw this new commercial which talks about the value of a home, and I think they really got it right… much more than the Case-Shiller Home Price Index or any economic report. Take a look at the YouTube Video:  http://youtu.be/k-wlGGsp2Zo What do you think? For questions about buying and selling real estate in Orange [...]

Mar
4
2012

How’s the Huntington Beach Market? – Condos & Townhouses

Huntington Beach Condo & Townhome Market Update February 29, 2012 By Scot Campbell– March 3, 2012 Opening Day for Little League in Huntington Beach has passed… our very own Oceanview Little League, winners of the 2011 Little League World Series are hopeful that they can repeat… and the spring home buying season is now upon [...]

Mar
4
2012

How’s the Huntington Beach Market? – Single Family Homes

Huntington Beach Single Family Homes February 29, 2012 Update By Scot Campbell– March 3, 2012 Opening Day for Little League in Huntington Beach has passed… our very own Oceanview Little League, winners of the 2011 Little League World Series are hopeful that they can repeat… and the spring home buying season is now upon us.  [...]

Feb
27
2012

U.S. Pending Home Sales Rise, Up Slightly in West, Up in Huntington Beach

by Scot Campbell – Source National Assn. of Realtors, February 27, 2012 According to the National Associations of Realtors, Pending Home Sales are on an upward trend. Pending sales reached a cyclical low last April, and are well above a year ago, according to the Pending Home Sales Index*.   The index is a forward-looking indicator based on [...]

Feb
19
2012

Banks paying Huntington Beach sellers to do Short Sales

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo are among lenders who are now paying underwater homeowners to do short sales according to a USA Today Report today: “It’s a lot cheaper to shell out $10,000 or $20,000 to someone than it is to go through a long foreclosure,” says Jim Gillespie, chief executive of [...]

Feb
19
2012

Orange County Home Inventory Falling Fast

by Scot Campbell – 2/19/2012   Source:  ReportsOnHousing.com According research by Steve Thomas at Reports On Housing, the active inventory for Orange County homes is falling dramatically for both Standard Sales and Distressed Properties: The active listing inventory is also at its lowest point for this time of year dating back to 2005. With less inventory [...]

Feb
19
2012

January California Home Sales up 1.5%

ByScotCampbell– Source: Dataquick article dated 2/16/2012 According to Dataquick, an estimated 28,111 new and resale houses and condos were sold statewide last month. That was down 25.5 percent from 37,734 in December, and up 1.5 percent from 27,706 for January 2011. A decline from December to January is normal for the season. On a year-over-year [...]

Feb
19
2012

Foreclosure Filings Down during 4th Quarter 2011

By Scot Campbell– Source: Dataquick article dated 1/24/2012 According to Dataquick, the number of homes in Orange County going into foreclosure during the 4th Quarter of 2011 was down 2.1% compared to last year. Statewide, the number of homes going into foreclosure dropped in the fourth quarter of 2011 to the second-lowest level in more [...]