Quote from Dr. Zhivodka:
Massive RE bidding wars are going right on in some parts of L.A. County right. Not in Beverly Glen, not in Stone Canyon, not in Beverly Park and not in Encino Park.
But in other places right now people are killing themselves to buy and buy now.







Da Nial? You in Egypt?
You 'gots to be a broker' or some shit. Brokers and RealtorsTM (it's not a real word) are some of the lowest forms of life (though about 1 out of 100 are competent and ethical).
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aeaPGMk4vTnw
Southern California Home Prices Fall on Foreclosures (Update2)
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By Daniel Taub
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Southern California house and condominium prices fell 11 percent in September from a year earlier as foreclosures dominated sales, MDA DataQuick said.
The median price dropped to $275,000 from $308,500 a year earlier, the San Diego-based research company said today in a statement. The number of homes sold rose 5.1 percent from a year earlier to 21,539 in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura, San Bernardino and Orange counties.
Transactions involving houses or condominiums that had been foreclosed on at some point in the past year accounted for 40 percent of all home sales in Southern California last month, MDA DataQuick said. That was down from almost 42 percent in August and a record of almost 57 percent in February.
âItâs still abnormally high, but down significantly from the peak levels,â Andrew LePage, an MDA DataQuick analyst, said in an interview.
September marked the 15th straight month of year-over-year sales increases. A 0.2 percent increase in sales from August was atypical, as transactions usually drop 9.5 percent from August to September, MDA DataQuick said. Sales likely were boosted by those taking advantage of the federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers, set to expire next month, the research company said.
Septemberâs 11 percent drop in prices from was the medianâs smallest year-over-year decline for any month since November 2007. Southern California home prices still may be hurt by additional defaults, LePage said.
Foreclosure Risks
âA lot of these potential foreclosure cases are unknowns at this point,â he said. âWill they go to foreclosure? Will they go to loan modification? And how long will that stick?â
The median price dropped from a year earlier in all six Southern California counties except Orange County, where the median rose 0.9 percent to $429,000, MDA DataQuick said. San Bernardino had the biggest price drop, with its median falling 27 percent to $150,000.
Sales climbed from a year earlier in four counties and fell 5.3 percent in Riverside County and 3 percent in Ventura County. Los Angeles County had the biggest rise, with its sales increasing 14 percent, MDA DataQuick said.
The research company is a unit of Richmond, British Columbia-based MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. MDA DataQuick compiles surveys using county records and supplies real-estate information to public agencies, lenders and title companies.
To contact the reporter on this story: Daniel Taub in Los Angeles at
dtaub@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: October 13, 2009 14:40 EDT