Invest and Implement

After returning from the 4 day session that CRS held, I realized how important it is to invest in yourself. Too many times it seems like we are too quick to jump onto the latest marketing hype, or the latest website with drips and drops etc. Sometimes as agents we need to go back to the basics, invest in ourselves and in our education. For some, the return may not be there, because of a lack of focus and implementation, but others the money is well spent. I know that every time I go to a conference, I pick 3 or 4 topics or activities that I am going to implement in my business. I know that I have increased my business year over year by educating myslelf. So go out educate and implement.

Welcome Back

I just returned from a CRS Sell-A-Bration. There I met with and learned from some of the top agents in the nation. Wow, a bit over whelming! I'm excited to put into play what I have learned. Also, I moved my family about 8 miles south west to Riverton, to say the least life has been hectic.

Market Statitistics Salt Lake

Here they are, Market Stats, what is going on and my own personal feeling of the market right now.

Salt Lake County: 5/14/09
7725 homes/condos for sale right now 5/14/09

1313 homes/condos for sale that are Short Sales
About 17% of homes/condos for sale are Short Sales

852 homes/condos sold in the last 30 days
of those 852 homes sold, 100 of them were Short Sales
You have about a 7.6% chance of closing a Short Sale (have fun:)) or 7.6% of short sales have closed in the last 30 days.

Absorbtion rate: 11, this means that with the current number of sales to the homes available it will take 11 months to clear the inventory.

1875 homes under contract to closes- WOW- this is great, people are getting the picture! More than double the home sales in the last 30 days. Keep in mind some of these fall through.

We are seeing the well priced and great conditioned properties move, even seeing multiple offers. Now is NOT the time to sit on the fence, even to sale.

Utah County, I will post tomorrow.

Thanks for reading, please contact me for any of your Real Estate needs as well as anyone you hear may need a true professional on their side.

Bryan Colemere
Colemere Realty
801-699-4266
bryan@colemererealty.com
bryancolemere.blogspot.com

Comments on Recent Forclosure Articles

I'm sure that many of you heard a national article or some type of headline entitled "Foreclosures hit a record high" (http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/13/pf/saving/foreclosure_willis/) in the last couple of days. This may be true, but let me bring it down to a local level and make a little more sense of it. First of all, lets all keep in mind that the media is in the business of selling media (ad spend, newspapers, websites etc) so naturally, they are going to look for the stories that are going to attract peoples attention. By human nature, people flock to the ailing sick person or the major tragedy or have the "sky is falling" mentality. That is, in my opinion why we see all the negative media. (I can bring you up to speed on the good stuff that is happening now, stay tuned).

Now that we understand why the media reports what they do, lets take a closer look at what a foreclosure really is. I deal with distressed properties both on the purchase side as well as on the sale side everyday.

A foreclosure is as defined by wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default.

That is all it is, in other words someone hasn't paid their mortgage and the creditor (the bank) starts the process of taking back the secured collateral (the home) by going through a formal legal process. This doesn't mean that the property is for sale, or that the bank owns the property, the actually foreclosure process takes months, usually over 6 months to complete. (Another topic for another posting)

Here is the point I am trying to make, most of the "foreclosures" are not for sale. Yes, some turn into short sales and others are taken over eventually by the lean holder. Sorry to disappoint all you bargain hunters. Most of the time the mortgagor and the mortgagee work it out. Right now, banks don't want to take properties because they will loose even more money because we are in a declining market. That is why lending is tight right now, their collateral is not appreciating like it was 2 or 3 years ago. If someone defaulted then, a bank would take back an appreciating asset, sell it and wouldn't take a large hit.

Well, thanks for reading, please post comments, let me know what you think. My next posting will contain Salt Lake County and Utah County Market Statistics.

For any of your Real Estates needs or if you hear of someone in need please contact me.

Bryan Colemere
801-699-4266
bryan@colemererealty.com
bryancolemere.blogspot.com

Hello World

This is my first posting, Enjoy!