Old Southwest Reno Is Getting Really Expensive

A new listing came out this evening. $300+ Per Sqft OSW

Heart of the Old Southwest for a cute little home around 1,300 sqft. No big deal until I looked at the price per sqft… $306.92 per sqft. There’s only been 4 homes in the past 4 years to sell over $300 per sqft (current property is on the list of 5 to the right).

You can view all the listings here. Click Here to View Listings

What do you think? Is $300+ per sqft. worth it for a non-luxury home in the Old Southwest?

 

Ricky Beach

Broker|Owner|Realtor®|CDPE®|SFR®

Renown Real Estate Services

6900 South McCarran Blvd., Suite 3040

Reno, NV 89509

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Washoe County Foreclosure Statistics For March 2013

Ticor Title Company sent out the updated foreclosure stats for March 2013. pic-Ticor Washoe County Foreclosure March 2011-2012 Trend Line

The full stats can be viewed by clicking the picture to the right.

  • Notice of Defaults hit their highest point since September 2011 (start of AB 284)
  • Notice of Sales (final recording before foreclosure) at their highest since February 2012
  • Trustee’s Deeds were at their highest since July 2012 (small change)
  • New REO listing have hit their lowest point (24) since Ticor began collecting the data

The increase of NODs and NOSs is a good sign for buyers though it’s going to take at least 9 months to get NODs into Trustee Deeds. Sellers may only have a limited time to name their price when selling their homes.

For more information on buying and selling in Reno or Sparks contact Broker Ricky Beach at (775) 750-1437 or Ricky@Resnv.com

 

Ricky Beach

Broker|Owner|Realtor®|CDPE®|SFR®

 

Renown Real Estate Services

6900 South McCarran Blvd., Suite 3040

Reno, NV 89509

 

| Cell: (775) 750-1437 | Fax: (775) 562-4779 |

| Ricky@Resnv.com | Blog | Search For Homes | Foreclosure Help |

 

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The Logical Mortgage

reno loan programsMcLean Mortage in Virginia has come out with an innovative way to give their buyers an edge in putting in offers.

The McLean “LoanFirst Program” will give a buyer a full pre-approval prior to putting in an offer. This pre-approval differs from a traditional pre-approval because they will put in the full loan application, process the credit and income verification, and fully underwrite the loan (subject to a ratified contract, clear title report, and appraisal) before you even put an offer in.

Though this may not help with the lengthy short sales it would most certainly improve a buyer’s position in front of a regular seller or asset manager and shorten the closing time that is traditionally required to go from contract to close.

Of course, there would be additional updated document requests but the major clog in the loan process would already be cleared.

Thanks to McLean Mortgage for logically thinking through how the purchase of real estate should go instead of sticking with industry norms.

For more information on selling or buying in Reno and Sparks, NV contact Broker Ricky Beach at (775) 750-1437 or Ricky@Resnv.com

 

Ricky Beach

Broker|Owner|Realtor|CDPE|SFR

Renown Real Estate Services

6900 South McCarran Blvd., Suite 3040

Reno, NV 89509

| Cell: (775) 750-1437 | Fax: (775) 562-4779 | Ricky@Resnv.com |

| Reno Real Estate Blog | Search For Homes | Foreclosure Help |

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Reno Real Estate Roundup 3/29/2013

Roundup

 

FHA Loan Prices To Increase On April 1st- Renownhomes.com

If rates go up a refi may not work. You should look into a conventional with 5% down.

Fannie Mae Says Housing Return To Remain- Inman.com

It’s still about 70/30 that the market won’t depreciate in the near future.

Streamlined Loan Mods From Fannie and Freddie- RGJ.com

Hopefully, better than the original HAMP.

Rates Headed Up In The Short Term- Housingwire.com

Not good if prices are doing the same.

For more information on buying or selling in Reno contact Broker Ricky Beach at (775) 750-1437 or Ricky@Resnv.com

AB300 To The Rescue? Redefining AB284…

AB300 ab 284The legislature is in full swing and they will finally begin to tackle the AB284 language debacle.

For those of you that haven’t been following… AB284 made it tougher for a lien holder to foreclose due to the vague language of “personal knowledge” and other verbiage. Oh yeah… it’s also a felony if you mess it up.

The Assembly Judiciary Committee will be convening tomorrow, 3/27, at 8:00 am in order to review the provisions. (Vote yes on “business records”)

The bill text can be read by clicking on the picture to the right and you can watch the committee by clicking on the link below.

Nevada Legislature Streaming Video Schedule

Of course, there will be future posts if this bill ends up going through and relieving the lack of inventory burden carried in today’s Reno/Sparks real estate market.

For more information on buying or selling contact Broker Ricky Beach at (775) 750-1437 or Ricky@Resnv.com.