June 2010

There are 2 blog entries for June 2010.

GREAT DEAL - PLAZA IRVINE REO

Sunday, June 20th, 2010 at 9:17pm. 105 Views, 0 Comments.

For those of you familiar with The Plaza Irvine, know that one of the best orientations is located  in the 8000 building (Tower 1) facing Fashion Island!  A fantastic B plan - full of upgrades - 8078 Scholarship - this is a really great deal as I recently represented a listing that closed for $150K more just months ago!  Not as nice upgrades, but none the less this is a great deal for Plaza Shoppers. 

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Searching for Short Sale Condos

Thursday, June 17th, 2010 at 7:33pm. 56 Views, 0 Comments.

Until recently there could not have been a worse bank to have to complete a short sale with than Bank of America / Countrywide.  It would take months (actually years) to get approval - by then the buyer was long gone and the market had dropped another 10%.  It was a tough process for both the byer and the seller.  While it seems to be much more reasonable and managable with approval times down to about 4 weeks now!  Buying short sale condos is still a really tough process but the times on market are shortening while buyers are less interested in (or actually worn out by) this process now and sellers are getting more realistic. 

A tip for buyers looking for short sale condos: buyers should look at nearby condos for sale - they may find…

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