Santa Ana foreclosed homes and houses for sale come in all shapes and sizes. To say nothing of the price range and agency conducting the property auctions. Tiny condos jostle with elegant single-family units and expansive multifamily complexes for seeking the prospective homebuyers’ attention. The homes on display have variously been showcased by their owners {FSBO or for sale by owner}, VA, HUD, or banks {REO homes}.
Santa Ana is the county seat of Orange County, in California, the US. Santa Ana is part of the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana metropolitan area which, as per the US Census Bureau, is the second largest metropolitan area in the US, with almost thirteen million people. Santa Ana’s suburbs include Aliso Viejo, Brea, Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Buena Park, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Laguna Woods, Dana Point, Garden Grove, Irvine, Fullerton, La Palma, Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, Rancho Santa Margarita, Stanton, Seal Beach, Tustin, Villa Park, Westminster and Yorba Linda.
Government Foreclosures: The Larger Picture
Santa Ann foreclosures are a tiny part of the sweeping government foreclosures that are occurring all over the US. Indeed, perturbed by this, the government has introduced the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008, and the bill presently stands referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. The bill seeks to provide for a Neighborhood Refinance Corporation to mitigate mortgage foreclosures through housing counseling activities. With the government foreclosures having increased by a reported 14 percent in Q2 of 2008, the nation appears to be in dire need of adequate legal remedies to stem this surge of owners getting dispossessed of their homes. However, to reverse the saying, one person’s poison appears to be another’s food. So, the foreclosures convert into attractive business opportunities for other prospective homebuyers, who are enabled purchase of elegant homes in posh areas for the price of a song.
Property Auctions: Professionalism & Prudence
Santa Ann homes for sale at the property auctions invariably sport listed prices far below their actual market worth. As a buyer, you ought to know how much your asset might command in the open market, were you to consider subsequently selling it. So, how do you determine a home’s market value? The best course you have is to contact the current owner or trustee of the house, and hire a professional appraiser to inspect the property and give you an independent and objective assessment of the property. You ought to follow the primary consumerist dictum of “Let the buyer beware” in all your planned transactions at the real estate listings auctions.
Santa Ann has several real estate agents working fulltime to facilitate property sales; with Albert Solorio, Steven Thaten, Zacarias Salazar, Javier Mendez and Yolanda Hernandez being among the influential ones. You ought to select an agent only after checking her certification received from the department of real estate. You are lucky in California being the only state so far that has thoughtfully posted a comprehensive list of all its certified property agents on the internet. A simple search will serve to verify an agent’s credentials. An expert agent can make al the difference in the end result and profit accruing to you from your investment at the property auctions.
