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Laguna Hills Short Sale Real Estate

Laguna Hills Short Sale Realtor report.

by vbindi on February 16, 2010

This report is for standard sales, short sales and bank REO sales statistics in Laguna Hills . This article is brought to you by the realtor experts at the Short Sales ASAP group, who are #1 in short sale property listings and closings in Orange County. Currently, there are 65 detached homes listed for sale in Laguna Hills , California. The median price of these active homes for sale is $1,195,000 and the average price per square foot is $343 . Of this total, 13 are short sale listings active for sale, and another 1 are bank owned REO’s, for a total of 14 financially distressed single family homes in Laguna Hills . These distressed home listings represent 22% of the total inventory of detached homes for sale. The median price of these distressed properties is $699,000 and the average price per square foot is $252 .

For attached condominiums, there are 27 condo units currently listed for sale in Laguna Hills . The median price for these listed condominiums is $285,000 and the average price per square foot is $241 . Of this total, 18 are short sale condo listings, and another 0 are bank owned foreclosed condos listed for sale in Laguna Hills , for a grand total of 18 financially distressed condo listings. The median price of these distressed condos is $240,000 , and the average price per square foot is $220 . The ratio of distressed condo listings to the total listings is 67% .

Currently, there are 51 detached homes under contract in escrow, and the median price of these pending properties is $549,500 . Of this total pending properties, 24 are short sales, and another 3 are bank owned REO properties. This is a total of 27 financially distressed homes, which is 53% of the total detached properties in escrow in Laguna Hills , and the median price is $496,000 .

For condominiums, there are now 65 attached units in escrow, and the median price is $232,500 . Of this number, 50 are short sales in escrow, and 8 are bank owned REO condos in escrow in Laguna Hills . This total of 58 distressed condos is 89% of the total units in escrow, and the median price is $219,000 .

In the past 90 days, there have been a total of 41 detached homes that have sold and closed escrow in Laguna Hills . The median price of these sold homes was $580,000 and the average price per square foot was $277 . Comprising of this total were 12 short sale properties, and 8 bank owned foreclosure homes, for a total of 20 distressed homes that have sold in Laguna Hills in the past 3 months. This number of distressed sales is 49% of the total, and the median price was $515,000 , and the average price per square foot was $245 .

For attached condos, there have been a total of 49 condo sales in the past 3 months. The median price was $262,000 , and the average price per square foot was $213 in Laguna Hills . In addition, there were 17 short sale condos that sold and closed, and another 11 REO units that sold in the past 90 days. This was a total of 28 distressed condos, which is 57% of the total number of units sold in this period. The median price of the sold condos was $234,000 , and the average price per square foot was $182 .

As can be seen above, the ratio of Active distressed listings, to Active total 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 Laguna Hills short sale realtor. For more information, feel free to call: (888) 201-7066, or email us at: Info@ShortSalesASAP.com.