Distressed property 43% of Brea homes for sale

Real estate for sale in Brea appears on the upswing by one set of statistics.

Every two weeks, Steve Thomas of ReportsOnHousing.com publishes a study of the supply of local homes for sale. Here’s what the latest report — as of January 19 — details about Brea …



  • 70 residences listed in brokers’ MLS system with 27 new deals opening in the past 30 days.
  • By Thomas’s math, this community has a “market time” (months in would take to sell all inventory at current pace of new escrows) of 2.59 months vs. 2.61 months found two weeks earlier vs. 3.33 months seen a year earlier. Countywide, latest market time was 3.20 months vs. 4.75 months a year ago.
  • So, homes in this community sell — in theory — in 19% less time than the countywide pace.
  • Of the homes listed for sale in this community, 30 were either foreclosures being resold or short sales, where sellers owe more than the home’s value. So distressed properties were 42.9% of supply of homes for sale vs. 37.0% countywide.
  • Homes for sale in Brea represent 0.9% of Orange County inventory — and 1.0% of all the distressed homes listed for sale in Orange County. New escrows here are 1.1% of all Orange County’s new pending sales.

Compare these trends to countywide patterns:

     

  • Cities with highest level of distressed properties among their listings? Portola Hills was tops — 81.8% — followed by Stanton at 71.0% of listings and Rancho Santa Marg. at 68.6% of listings.
  • Fewest? Seal Beach was tops — 3.9% — followed by Corona Del Mar at 5.1% of listings and Laguna Woods at 9.8% of listings.

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