Monday, October 27, 2008

Santee Real Estate is heating up!

Santee is currently experiencing strong growth and an increase in home sales. Santee Real Estate is currently down as much as 30% in some areas from peak pricing. The current housing stats for the month of October in Santee are as follows:

There are currently 195 Santee Homes and Condos actively on the market, ranging in price from $99,000 - $699,000 with an average price of $322,890 and an average market time of 85 days. There is also 65 homes and/or condos in escrow and under contract. The average price of the Santee homes in escrow is $266,098.

For the month of October, 5 homes have closed escrow with an average price of $321,000 and a market time of 113 days.

As you can see the avgerage market time has dropped 28 days from the previous average. This is a sign that inventories are starting to shrink. Many banks are pricing homes at 90% of market value to ensure a quick sale. Bank homes, on average, are selling for 97% of the listing price.

As we enter the last quarter of the year, you can expect to see many banks slashing prices on foreclosure to remove these non-performing assets from their books by years end.

Please visit our website to search the Santee MLS.

Scott Engle,BROKER/Owner
Realty Source, Inc.
(619)699-9900
ScottEngle1@aol.com