Buying a foreclosure in Cape Coral, Florida

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So you want to purchase a property in foreclosure here, in Lee County in general and in Cape Coral in particular? Good move. It’s time to buy. Properties values are increasing little by little, month after month since spring 2010 and you can expect a sweet equity very soon, especially if your purchase a Cape Coral foreclosure.

However, lots of potential buyers I talked to believe that if a foreclosure is price at, let’s say, $100,000, they can offer 10% or 20% less than the asking price, empowered by a solid down payment, and thinking that after all, it’s foreclosure time for everyone.

Well, the reality is not as simple.

So far, 100% of my buyers who actually were successful at purchasing a foreclosure, paid more than asking price.
And, all of them learnt how to get that property after several offers. Some below asking, where they were outbid. A few at asking price, where they were outbid. And finally their own purchase, paid at higher than asking price, like everybody else.

So, contact me if you want to purchase a foreclosure in Lee County, but make sure to be ready:

1) Get your Pre-approval document

A foreclosure’s owner is a bank or sometimes a person or a company who made a private financing for the buyer. You will most likely make an offer to a bank though. Banks are not in the Real Estate business but in the money business. Therefore, they don’t want to waste any time and want to make sure that the next buyer is fully capable of buying. They will not review your offer if there is not a pre-approval document, signed by your bank or mortgage broker even if your offer is twice their asking price. A pre-qualification will not help. Just get your pre-approval in hand.

2) Get your proof of fund for the down payment.

Most banks, if not all of them, required a proof of fund for your down payment or if you plan to pay in cash. If the bank can’t see a proof that you have the money, they will not sign your offer. Period.

3) Be prepare to offer a price HIGHER than the asking price.

For this one, you will have a hard time to believe me. Fair enough. But know right now that 95% of the time, your below asking price or even your asking price offer will not fly. I have seen attractive foreclosed homes sold with an easy 15% higher than asking price. So be prepared.

Now, don’t make me wrong. Ultimately, you will be the buyer, the one who will pay and with the last word. But then again, you’ll be entering in the club of the buyers who need a proof of what I’m saying here.

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Cape Coral Real Estate foreclosures rates

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Foreclosures in Florida fell in August for the fifth straight month, but the state still ranks amongst those with the highest foreclosures rates within the united states, RealtyTrac reported Thursday.

Florida ranked second behind Nevada inside proportion of real estate units receiving foreclosures notices in the course of the month, with a single in every 155 properties receiving one – more than twice the national common, according to the Irvine, Calif. company’s monthly survey of your U.S. real estate marketplace.

Two Florida metropolitan regions – Cape Coral/Fort Myers (third) and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach (fifth) – ranked among the leading 10 metro regions around the country in terms of the frequency of property foreclosures for the month.

Across the country, default notices, auctions and financial institution repossessions dropped 5 % from August 2009 but were 4 percent higher than in July, a figure RealtyTrac CEO James Saccacio attributed to a convergence of elements which includes stepped-up financial institution repossessions and fewer initial default notices.

“On the front finish, seriously past due loans are rolling into foreclosure at an unusually slow rate, while on the back finish, the dammed-up inventory of properties already in foreclosures is moving to (lender ownership) in a steady stream instead of a flood, presumably to prevent further erosion of household costs,” Saccacio said in a statement.

Numerous states, which include Florida, have enacted regulations or made voluntary arrangements with mortgage lenders to expand the time period prior to which mortgage loans become past due in an effort to give home owners as much help as possible to maintain their properties. Sluggish house prices and a glut of supply on the market, however, continues to add pressure on some home loan holders who uncover themselves “upside down,” having to pay home loans on home valued at considerably less than what they paid for it.

Across the country, Nevada continued to guide all states from the proportion of houses in several state of foreclosure proceedings. One in each and every 84 property units in Nevada got a foreclosures discover in August, more than four times the nationwide common. August marked the 44th straight month Nevada held the dubious position, despite a 25 % drop in foreclosure activity compared to August 2009.

Arizona, California and Idaho rounded out the top five states in the proportion of properties in foreclosures. In terms of sheer numbers, California led the nationwide with 69,143 properties getting a discover in August. In Florida, 56,877 properties obtained notices for the duration of the same time period.

In all, five states – California, Florida, Michigan, Illinois and Arizona – accounted for more than half of the 338,836 households inside U.S. to fall into default.

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Comments (1) Sep 17 2010

Lee County foreclosure rates increase.

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The rates of foreclosure in Lee County has increased for the month of February over the same month last year.
The Cape Coral-Fort Myers area foreclosure rate is 13.47% for the month of February, an increase of 0.99% compared to February 2009 when the rate was 12.48%.
However, the activity sourrounding the foreclosures in Cape Coral-Fort Myers is higher than the national foreclosure rate, which was 3.17% for February 2010, representing a 10.30% difference.
In Lee county, the mortgage delinquency rate has increased as well. 22.93% of mortgage loans were 90 days or more delinquent compared to 20.05% for the same period last year.
No need to say that Real Estate investors have still some good months ahead by investing today. If you are interested to receive my list of Foreclosures for Lee County, feel free to visit my website at www.1capecoral.com

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