(As of February 12, 2008)
Source: http://www.countrywide.com/purchase/f_reo.asp
Click on state below for detailed listings.
| State | Count | Total Asking Price($) | Average Asking Price($) |
| AK | 06 | 1,682,400 | 280,400 |
| AL | 115 | 14,644,500 | 127,343 |
| AR | 44 | 4,821,700 | 109,584 |
| AZ | 735 | 167,320,400 | 227,647 |
| CA | 4,241 | 1,297,441,090 | 305,928 |
| CO | 405 | 73,906,300 | 182,485 |
| CT | 98 | 20,681,500 | 211,036 |
| DC | 11 | 3,527,900 | 320,718 |
| DE | 17 | 3,400,300 | 200,018 |
| FL | 1,256 | 264,291,300 | 210,423 |
| GA | 754 | 94,345,500 | 125,127 |
| HI | 22 | 9,447,900 | 429,450 |
| IA | 38 | 3,329,500 | 87,618 |
| ID | 19 | 3,825,200 | 201,326 |
| IL | 516 | 79,573,113 | 154,211 |
| IN | 298 | 20,612,655 | 69,170 |
| KS | 53 | 4,868,650 | 91,861 |
| KY | 62 | 5,243,672 | 84,575 |
| LA | 41 | 4,061,900 | 99,071 |
| MA | 285 | 59,377,800 | 208,343 |
| MD | 226 | 68,303,800 | 302,229 |
| ME | 05 | 653,500 | 130,700 |
| MI | 1,462 | 106,872,348 | 73,100 |
| MN | 407 | 61,875,900 | 152,029 |
| MO | 303 | 25,428,101 | 83,921 |
| MS | 91 | 7,927,538 | 87,116 |
| MT | 07 | 2,127,300 | 303,900 |
| NC | 140 | 16,742,700 | 119,591 |
| ND | 04 | 445,600 | 111,400 |
| NE | 26 | 2,944,400 | 113,246 |
| NH | 72 | 15,441,700 | 214,468 |
| NJ | 114 | 28,138,800 | 246,832 |
| NM | 14 | 2,241,700 | 160,121 |
| NV | 647 | 169,648,550 | 262,208 |
| NY | 137 | 32,692,200 | 238,629 |
| OH | 592 | 35,524,299 | 60,007 |
| OK | 63 | 5,578,900 | 88,554 |
| OR | 44 | 11,157,600 | 253,582 |
| PA | 132 | 13,329,200 | 100,979 |
| RI | 66 | 13,267,600 | 201,024 |
| SC | 58 | 6,228,300 | 107,384 |
| SD | 07 | 849,300 | 121,329 |
| TN | 196 | 20,785,200 | 106,047 |
| TX | 520 | 72,208,000 | 138,862 |
| UT | 34 | 11,906,600 | 350,194 |
| VA | 674 | 196,025,835 | 290,840 |
| WA | 65 | 17,265,600 | 265,625 |
| WI | 91 | 10,647,797 | 117,009 |
| WV | 37 | 6,585,300 | 177,981 |
| WY | 05 | 599,500 | 119,900 |
| Total | 15,255 | 3,099,846,448 | 176,503 |
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16 comments:
Thanks for the update. Six months ago, the talking heads and politicians were saying the subprime problem was not going to spread to the rest of the economy. Now they are making up for it by saying, the sky is falling. My guess (and hope) is the talking heads and politicians are wrong again and the we've seen the bottom.
Ticker_Tape_Watcher:
A very interesting perspective, and I agree that the majority in the media are late. I don't think we are at the bottom yet, but it wouldn't surprise me if we are near a bottom in certain areas of the country. Location does matter.
I agree that there are too many negative articles from the media. A lot of reporters now think they are housing experts as they talk doom and gloom, but let's not forget the same ones were then hooraying about a hot housing market in 2005 - even after the bubble had peaked.
Do not let the recent change in the graphs fool you. The lenders are so overwhelmed with defaulting inventory they are not foreclosing anymore. This recent 30-day foreclosure moretorium was not created to give the FB's a chance. It was created to give the lenders a breather.
This will do nothing to change the fundamentals of the overpriced housing market, although it will make the stats look better for a short while. I predict that by September 2008, you will see another level downward.
Bubble Sitter:
I think that the deflationary force coming from the largest bubble ever in our history is very serious. We are most likely near unchartered territory. But I do believe (and hope) the FED and the government have the tools necessary to help stabilize the pricing of assets at over inflated levels. I know that sounds crazy (stabilize at over inflated levels) . But read the article below and you'll see what I mean. It is an extreme scenario but still a possibility.
NEW YORK (Reuters).
- Fear that a hobbled banking sector may set off another Great Depression could force the U.S. government and Federal Reserve to take the unprecedented step of buying a broad range of assets, including stocks, according to one of the most bearish market analysts.
That extreme scenario, which would aim to stave off deflation and stabilize the economy, is evolving as the base case for Bernard Connolly, global strategist at Banque AIG in London.
In the late 1980s and early 1990's Connolly worked for the European Commission analyzing the European monetary system in the run up to the introduction of the euro currency.
"Avoiding a depression is, unfortunately, going to have to involve either a large, quasi-permanent increase in the budget deficit -- preferably tax cuts -- or restoring overvaluation of equity prices," Connolly said on Monday.
"If conventional monetary policy is not enough to produce that result, the government may have to buy equities, financed by the Fed," Connolly said.
So what is the reason behind the recent dip in the foreclosure count? I am in the California market trying to buy in the past 2 years (since Jan 2006) and I have seen slight drops in asking prices but not as it shows in the graph 25% drop, no way. The California asking price chart shows a drop in asking from 400k to 300k. This is truely not the case, at least in the Los Angeles area. We looked at an REO priced at 599k where the bank rejected a 580k offer. It sold for 618 two years ago in the PEAK of the market so based on those charts they should be asking 480k.
I've read that Bernanke studied the Great Depression and is also very aware of Japan's real estate bubble back in the 80's which is similar to what we are going through today. If my memory is correct, studies concluded that Japan's central bank did not act fast enough to lower rates. I believe Bernanke and the Feds want to avoid what happened to Japan when their real estate bubble burst and will do whatever it takes, including buying stocks and other assets.
Ticker_tape_watcher
Don't read anything into the recent data points being the straightest 4 points on the chart; just a coincidence.
Anon#1, The 25% drop in CA is for only for Countrywide REO asking prices. The price slashing began last May. The blog only counts what REO's CW publishes on their site and that's it. The count of homes being foreclosed on by countrywide is much much higher.
The averages are very close to the average foreclosure sales price given by RealtyTrac. However, the median price of a home in California is around 500k. Location matters a great deal, and demand is still there in certain areas as the prices come down.
My *guess* is that the trend in REO inventory could be pointing downwards because of the recent auctions and a higher volume of REO sales as a result of lower pricing .
The trend in homes being foreclosed on is still up, and this includes all lenders. The foreclosure rate may however lose its steam as lenders continue to work out loans. Time will tell on that one.
Ticker_tape_watcher:
I agree 100%.
Anyone remember a few months back when the published info jumped to about 190,000 properties for a few hours? Does anyone really believe the REO inventory is actually going down? Maybe BofA does (or wants to)! Wife and I are always commenting "its a good time to be old" I really think my grandkids may get to glimpse what life was like in the 12th century.
I'm interested in finding the length of time that properties have been on the books. Not necessarily days on market because they may own something and for whatever reason it's not listed. Do you keep track of that?
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Feel better now?
I've always wondered why someone with powerful connections doesn't get all of the major media outlets to work together to start telling people the market is coming back. (even if it is not)
All it would take is a few major TV Networks and Newspapers to come together on this, and before you know it... the economy would begin to build itself back up.
People rely on News and TV to tell them what to do. Tell them what they want to hear and see how the situation will change when people feel they have something to believe in.
I have been trying to buy a Countrywide foreclosed home for weeks but Countrywide has been dragging its heels. You want to know why the market is out of balance? Banks are holding onto these foreclosed homes hoping they rise in value while showing an asset on the books. While the houses sit vacant they are falling apart giving investors a false sense of security while preventing a market recovery by getting paying customers into these houses.
It took 2.5 weeks just to get Countrywide to accept my escrow payments, another 1.5 weeks sign a counter offer, another week to list the house as 'sale pending' and now it could be months before we get escrow open.
If the banks wanted to resolve this problem then they could but they are just as greedy as ever.
I'm just learning about government foreclosed homes and found the info and comments here very informative.
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