The Orange County housing market continues to improve as pending sales increase and inventory decreases. Pending sales are over 3300 today, an increase of 675 from a year ago. The active inventory has dropped to under 9000 for the first time since Feb. 2006. This number is nearly 50% less than the peak inventory numbers in 2007.
To give a sense of how "hot" the market is, the expected market time for single family homes in Orange County priced from $250,000 to $500,000 is only 1.5 months! Distressed sales- bank foreclosures and short sales, make up nearly 75% of the sales in the $500,000 and under price point. Though, the amount of distressed inventory active on the market has continued to decrease as buyer demand is outweighing supply.
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