Which Communities Are High Risk of Foreclosure?

MN, Real Estate, Housing Market, Foreclosures, Short Sales, Distressed Homes

The LISC Intrastate Foreclosure Risk Scores provide a good starting point to find out which areas are hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis, and where you might want to target your programs and resources. The composite score is based on multiple risk factors (subprime lending, mortgage delinquencies, foreclosures, and vacancies) — you can explore these [...]

Distressed Inventory Continues Decline

distressed homes, real estate, housing market, short sales, foreclosures, minnesota, twin cities, minneapolis

Traditional Inventory accounted for 68% of the Inventory in the chart below during the month of April and peaked back in March 2008 while Distressed Inventory peaked in April 2011. Removing Traditional Inventory we can see how Distressed Inventory stacks up by itself. In this chart we get a better visual on how 32% of [...]

Prior Lake’s Balanced Market

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Inventory Levels peaked at 15.8 Months of Inventory in December 2008 and have fallen to around 9 Months of Inventory from January 2010 to June 2011 and have been falling ever since. Right now Inventory levels continue to trend down at 6.8 Months of Inventory, which is considered a Balanced Market. Buyer’s Market = 7 Months [...]

Shadow Inventory in the Twin Cities Might Be…

real estate, housing market, foreclosures, distressed homes, housing inventory, short sales, minnesota

In my search to find a source to pull Shadow Inventory Numbers the closest thing I’ve been able to do is compare two sources and I’ll try to determine what the shadow inventory may be the best I can. HousingLink.org releases an annual report on Foreclosure Data every year and has been since 2005. Comparing [...]

Prices and Inventory Leveling Off in Prior Lake

distressed homes, prior lake mn, housing inventory, foreclosures, short sales

The Decline in Inventory Levels in Prior Lake have begun to slow down in the first quarter of 2012 and prices have also started to find their equilibrium. The Absorption Rate in Prior Lake is holding steady at about 7 Months of Inventory, which is a Buyer’s Market. 5 – 7 Months of Inventory is [...]

Richfield, MN – Seller’s Market Looms

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Inventory in Richfield, MN has been trending down for some time. Currently the Absorption Rate is trending down at 4.8 Months of Inventory, which is barely a Seller’s Market. A Seller’s Market is less than 5 Months of Inventory. Prices have been pretty flat since May 2011, so it’s no surprise that inventory levels have [...]

How are Distressed Homes Dominating the Market?

distresses homes, short sales, foreclosures, housing market, real estate

The last time I talked about distressed homes I questioned whether or not Minnesota will experience a second wave or if we’ve already had our wave, which was pretty subtle if you go back to review the charts. Today I thought I would take a look at the quote below from, Fewer Homeowners Are Behind on [...]

Second Wave of Foreclosures – I think it Happened Last Year

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Today I was reading an article on UPI.com, No Sign Yet of Accelerated Foreclosure Processing and read… The inventory of homes awaiting foreclosure continued to grow in February as the number of new foreclosures actually declined, a sign that the recent filed multi-state AG (Attorney General) agreement hasn’t had any early impact on the backlogged foreclosure inventory. [...]

Home Prices Continue to Fall in Burnsville

burnsville mn, real estate, housing market, home prices, housing inventory, absorption rate

Inventory of homes for sale in Burnsville have been falling steadily since Spring 2011, but not enough to force Home Prices to level off primarily because Burnsville continues to sit in a Buyer’s Market. However, the Absorption Rate in Burnsville has been trending down at 5.4 Months of Inventory, which is nearing a Seller’s Market. [...]

A Closer Look at Distressed Homes in the Twin Cities

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My MLS categorizes Distressed Homes into three categories… Potential Short Sale – Is a home listed for sale that may be a short sale candidate, meaning it might sell for less than the homeowner owes on the mortgage. In Foreclosure – A listing that has had a sheriff’s sale and the homeowner has six months [...]

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Eric Hempler is a Minnesota Realtor with the Agent Referral Network and works in conjunction with RE/MAX Advantage Plus on the Minnesota Real Estate Team.