Dana Point Short Sale Market Realtor report.

by vbindi on February 23, 2010

This analysis is for Dana Point residential standard sales, short sales and bank REO sales, and was generated by the realtor experts at the Short Sales ASAP group.  They are #1 in short sale property listings and closings in Orange County.

Currently, there are 155 detached homes listed for sale in Dana Point , California. The median price of these active homes for sale is $1,175,000 and the average price per square foot is $634 . Of this total, 31 are short sale listings active for sale, and another 3 are bank owned REO’s, for a total of 34 financially distressed single family homes in Dana Point . These distressed home listings represent 22% of the total inventory of detached homes for sale. The median price of these distressed properties is $729,000 and the average price per square foot is $378 .

For attached condominiums, there are 77 condo units currently listed for sale in Dana Point . The median price for these listed condominiums is $499,900 and the average price per square foot is $399 . Of this total, 24 are short sale condo listings, and another 6 are bank owned foreclosed condos listed for sale in Dana Point , for a grand total of 30 financially distressed condo listings. The median price of these distressed condos is $325,000 , and the average price per square foot is $321 . The ratio of distressed condo listings to the total listings is 39% .

Currently, there are 52 detached homes under contract in escrow, and the median price of these pending properties is $1,450,000 . Of this total pending properties, 32 are short sales, and another 3 are bank owned REO properties. This is a total of 35 financially distressed homes, which is 67% of the total detached properties in escrow in Dana Point , and the median price is $625,000 .

For condominiums, there are now 46 attached units in escrow, and the median price is $355,000 . Of this number, 29 are short sales in escrow, and 4 are bank owned REO condos in escrow in Dana Point . This total of 33 distressed condos is 72% of the total units in escrow, and the median price is $339,900 .

In the past 90 days, there have been a total of 40 detached homes that have sold and closed escrow in Dana Point . The median price of these sold homes was $699,000 and the average price per square foot was $362 . Comprising of this total were 12 short sale properties, and 4 bank owned foreclosure homes, for a total of 16 distressed homes that have sold in Dana Point in the past 3 months. This number of distressed sales is 40% of the total, and the median price was $585,000 , and the average price per square foot was $301 .

For attached condos, there have been a total of 40 condo sales in the past 3 months. The median price was $435,000 , and the average price per square foot was $343 in Dana Point . In addition, there were 11 short sale condos that sold and closed, and another 5 REO units that sold in the past 90 days. This was a total of 16 distressed condos, which is 40% of the total number of units sold in this period. The median price of the sold condos was $381,000 , and the average price per square foot was $314 .

As can be seen above, the ratio of Pending in Escrow distressed listings, to Total Pending in Escrow listings is a much higher percentage, compared to the ratio of Sold distressed properties to Sold total properties. This illustrates that short sales fail at a high rate. Therefore, property owners who owe more than their home is worth, should work with an experienced   www.DanaPointShortSaleExpert.com   For more information, feel free to call: (888) 201-7066, or email us at: Info@ShortSalesASAP.com.