Sweet Orange

Here is a random sample of Orange County homes that have been through a foreclosure sale and are now bank-owned. This list of bank-owned homes provides some insight into how long Orange County homes have been in the bank’s possession before being listed through either Foreclosed Homes or the MSL. To determine this, I am assuming that the last sales date was the date of the foreclosure auction.

Up first is a look at some North Orange County foreclosures numbers. Note that the information for all the following homes is from Foreclosed Home, not the MSL. Also, note that I am defining “unsuccessful foreclosure” to mean that the home went through a trustee sale; however,  there were no bidders. Therefore, the home went back to the lending institution. For a look at when the foreclosure auction occurs in the foreclosure process, see one of IrvineRenter’s posts.

6372 Los Robles Avenue, Buena Park, CA 90621:

• approximately 2 months between unsuccessful foreclosure auction and listing date
• Days on Market (listing date to current date)*: approximately 55

7565 Fillmore Drive,  Buena Park, CA 90620:

• approximately 2 months between unsuccessful foreclosure auction and listing date
• Days on Market (listing date to current date)*: approximately 55

7750 Bolsa Avenue #7 Midway City, CA 92655:

• approximately 2 days between unsuccessful foreclosure auction and listing date
• Days on Market (listing date to current date)*: approximately 70

9786 Debiois Avenue Fountain Valley, CA 92708:

• approximately 1 months between unsuccessful foreclosure auction and listing date
• Days on Market (listing date to current date)*: approximately 33

4342 La Cadena Circle, Yorba Linda, CA 9288:

• approximately 1 day between unsuccessful foreclosure auction and listing date
• Days on Market (listing date to current date)*: approximately 20

If you click on Redfin’s map of foreclosed homes, you will see that North and Central Orange County have approximately the same number of foreclosed homes. South Orange County has the least. Coming up: We’ll take a look at some similar information for Central and South Orange County.

*As the name implies, Days on Market is the number of days that the home has been on the market. This number is determined by adding up the number of days that exist between the date that the home was listed to the current date, which in this case is December 2, 2009.

According to DataQuick/OC Register, Anaheim’s July 2009 housing numbers by ZIP are as follows.

The percent change is the percentage increase or decrease that results when current numbers are compared to the numbers of one year ago. Anaheim contains some of North Orange County’s lower-priced areas. (Stanton currently has the lowest median list price housing in North Orange County.)

The Anaheim Altos Market Action Index for the week ending August 23, 2009 is 22.38. Above 30 is a sellers’ market; below 30 is a buyers’ market.

According to Redfin, 29.1% of Anaheim homes have price reducitons.* According to Trulia, 68% of Anaheim homes are distressed.**

*Based on homes sold or taken off the market between May 26, 2009 and August 24, 2009.

**Defined as homes in the pre-foreclosure, auction, or bank-owned stages of the foreclosure process. Different groups use different inputs and, therefore, come up with different percentages. In this case the foreclosures are not necessilarly on the market yet (and may not end up on the market).

Today, we will take a look at how the North Orange County housing market for detached homes is doing as shown by the Altos Market Action Index. The most interesting numbers are for the highest priced market in this area, Yorba Linda, and the lowest price area, Stanton.

According to the Altos index numbers for North Orange County, the Yorba Linda housing market has the least healthy outlook, and Stanton has the healthiest outlook. However, as shown by the index numbers, the housing market in all North Orange County cities is a buyers’ market. This is a repeat of what was happening in May.

Note: The Altos Market Action Index shows the balance between potential buyers and sellers, in other words, the balance between supply and demand. Above 30 is a sellers’ market; below 30 is a buyers’ market. The Altos numbers are for detached houses only (condos are not included). For this reason, I have included numbers that show the percentage of houses in each city that are detached.

Anaheim: Approximate % homes on market that are detached: 73%

• Median list price (August 16,2009): $364,232
• Altos Research Market Action Index:
  August 16: 22.19
  July 5: 23.69

Brea: Approximate % homes on market that are detached: 89%

• Median list price (August 16,2009): $550,327
• Altos Research Market Action Index:
  August 16: 16.57
  July 5: 20.14

Buena Park: Approximate % homes on market that are detached: 85%

• Median list price (August 16,2009): $357,945
• Altos Research Market Action Index:
  August 16: 21.09
  July 5: 23.32

Cypress: Approximate % homes on market that are detached: 67%

• Median list price (August 16,2009): $502,327
• Altos Research Market Action Index:
  August 16: 20.12
  July 5: 25.82

Fullerton: Approximate % homes on market that are detached: 78%

• Median list price (August 16,2009): $545,955
• Altos Research Market Action Index:
  August 16: 18.90
  July 5: 21.41

Garden Grove: Approximate % homes on market that are detached: 78%

• Median list price (August 16,2009): $376,622
• Altos Research Market Action Index:
  August 16: 26.00
  July 5: 27.56

La Habra: Approximate % homes on market that are detached: 69%

• Median list price (August 16,2009): $508,236
• Altos Research Market Action Index:
  August 16: 21.56
  July 5: 21.64

La Palma: Approximate % homes on market that are detached: 81%

• Median list price (August 16,2009): $606,200
• Altos Research Market Action Index:
  August 16: 18.77
  July 5: 18.65

Placentia: Approximate % homes on market that are detached: 75%

• Median list price (August 16,2009): $527,559
• Altos Research Market Action Index:
  August 16: 18.14
  July 5: 20.49

Stanton: Approximate % homes on market that are detached: 66%

• Median list price (August 16,2009): $309,736
• Altos Research Market Action Index:
  August 16: 25.48
  July 5: 23.67

Westminster: Approximate % homes on market that are detached: 87%

• Median list price (August 16,2009): $451,536
• Altos Research Market Action Index:
  August 16: 23.12
  July 5: 27.83

Yorba Linda: Approximate % homes on market that are detached: 79%

• Median list price (August 16,2009): $804,377
• Altos Research Market Action Index:
  August 16: 15.00
  July 5: 17.88