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O.C. distressed-home listings take year’s biggest drop

December 15th, 2008, 8:55 am · 9 Comments · posted by Mathew Padilla, Reporter

Home market watcher Steve Thomas at Altera Real Estate in Aliso Viejo reports that the number of O.C. distressed properties (homes listed by agents as foreclosures or short sales) was 5,519 last week, -276 vs. two weeks earlier or a -4.8% change. That’s the biggest two-week drop of the year.

  • As a percent of all listed homes for sale, distressed properties were 44.6% of the market last week vs. 44.8% two weeks earlier.
  • Distressed properties make up 66% of pending sales.
  • Since Dec. 27, 2007, the number of distressed homes on the market has grown 1,768 while the non-distressed supply is 4,895 lower.

Here’s a look at various slices of the O.C. market as of last Thursday: total inventory listings; distressed property listings; and the share distressed listings have of total inventory supply on a percentage basis in each niche …

Slice All inventory Distressed Share
By price …      
• O.C. $0-$250k 2,142 1,438 67%
• O.C. $250-$500k 4,363 2,838 65%
• O.C. $500k-$750k 2,286 796 35%
• O.C. $750k-$1m 1,245 257 21%
• O.C. $1m-$1.5m 887 95 11%
• O.C. $1.5m-$2m 582 38 7%
• O.C. $2m-4m 647 19 3%
• O.C. $4m+ 356 2 1%
All O.C. 12,388 5,519 45%
• Attached 4,890 2,466 50%
• Detached 7,420 2,993 40%
County high share      
• Santa Ana 1,216 976 80%
• Anaheim 874 668 76%
• Garden Grove 466 337 72%
• Foothill Ranch 62 43 69%
• Lake Forest 212 145 68%
• Rancho Santa Marg. 192 128 67%
• Buena Park 206 137 67%
County low share …      
• Corona Del Mar 179 5 3%
• Laguna Woods 403 13 3%
• Seal Beach 318 11 3%
• Newport Coast 205 15 7%
• Laguna Beach 319 2