Friday, May 14, 2010

REO Sales Outpace Foreclosures in Snohomish County


Where are all the foreclosures? Certainly not in Snohomish County. As a matter of fact, Snohomish County is holding up pretty well. There has been no flood of foreclosures or bank owned properties known as REO's to come on the market.

In fact the number of REO properties sold on the market in April 2010 exceeded the number of actual foreclosures for the same period.

For the 10 months shown in the graph above there were 1,851 foreclosures. Of those, 1,387 were sold on the open market. Approximately 10% sell at auction on the courthouse steps and the rest are listed for sale.

Currently there are 409 REO properties listed for sale, which is about a 3 month supply based on current sales rates of about 139 per month.

The Snohomish County real estate market continues to show stabilization along with median and average home prices.

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