Distressed Housing Market Data:
• Equity sales made up 52.7 percent of home sales in December, down up from 55.1 percent in
November but up from 51.7 percent in December 2010.
• The total share of all distressed property types sold statewide rose to 47.3 percent in December,
up from November’s 44.9 percent but down from 48.3 percent in December 2010.
• Of the distressed properties sold statewide in December, 22.2 percent were short sales, up
from the previous month’s share of 21 percent and up from last December’s share of 19.6 percent.
• The share of REO sales rose in December to 24.6 percent, up from November’s 23.5 percent, but
down from the 28.3 percent recorded in December 2010.
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Type of Sale
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Dec-10
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Nov-11
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Dec-11
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REOs
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28.3%
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23.5%
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24.6%
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Short Sales
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19.6%
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21.0%
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22.2%
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Other Distressed Sales (Not Specified)
|
0.4%
|
0.5%
|
0.5%
|
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Total Distressed Sales
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48.3%
|
44.9%
|
47.3%
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Single-Family Distressed Home Sales by Select Counties (percent of total sales)
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County
|
Dec-10
|
Nov-11
|
Dec-11
|
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Amador
|
71%
|
44%
|
48%
|
|
Butte
|
39%
|
36%
|
51%
|
|
Humboldt
|
27%
|
28%
|
29%
|
|
Kern
|
71%
|
60%
|
64%
|
|
Lake
|
81%
|
58%
|
63%
|
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Los Angeles
|
48%
|
46%
|
49%
|
|
Madera
|
60%
|
88%
|
80%
|
|
Marin
|
34%
|
30%
|
37%
|
|
Mendocino
|
57%
|
52%
|
45%
|
|
Merced
|
60%
|
64%
|
64%
|
|
Monterey
|
65%
|
59%
|
56%
|
|
Napa
|
54%
|
53%
|
49%
|
|
Orange
|
38%
|
36%
|
42%
|
|
Riverside
|
67%
|
61%
|
63%
|
|
Sacramento
|
66%
|
63%
|
63%
|
|
San Benito
|
66%
|
65%
|
75%
|
|
San Bernardino
|
72%
|
64%
|
67%
|
|
San Diego
|
28%
|
27%
|
28%
|
|
San Luis Obispo
|
46%
|
44%
|
48%
|
|
San Mateo
|
28%
|
28%
|
28%
|
|
Santa Clara
|
39%
|
32%
|
37%
|
|
Santa Cruz
|
40%
|
46%
|
41%
|
|
Siskiyou
|
44%
|
33%
|
54%
|
|
Solano
|
74%
|
72%
|
70%
|
|
Sonoma
|
55%
|
51%
|
51%
|
|
Tehama
|
84%
|
54%
|
54%
|
|
California
|
48%
|
45%
|
47%
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C.A.R.’s Distressed Home Sales information is generated from a survey of more than 70 associations of REALTORS® and MLSs throughout the state.
CA Distressed Home Sales Statistics for Dec 2011 - Download entire presentation here: PPT PDF