Lee County Lis Pendens filed………

 First, what is a lis pendens?  A lis pendens is a written notice that a lawsuit has been filed with the courts concerning real estate. You could kind of call it…one of the first indicators of a possible foreclosure.

 Everyone’s talking about foreclosures.  Are they slowing down?  Will there be a new wave?

 It is important to keep in mind that not every lis pendens filing will turn into a foreclosure but I’ve been watching the overall numbers for a while now…waiting for a sign.  You tell me what you see……

If you would like me to email you all the figures and graphs….drop me an email at deb@CapeDeb.com

You can have some of this FABULOUS weather too but you better hurry.  Paradise is selling fast!

There are currently:

• 2414 single family homes for sale in Cape Coral, FL
• 1402 homes have sold in the past three months

That leaves us with an absorption rate of: 5.1 months

What does that mean?

Let’s say that not another house went on the market.  How long would it take to sell the existing inventory?  Only 5.1 months….

Rule of thumb:

• A ‘normal’ real estate market (if there is such a thing) has an absorption rate of 6%
• When is it a buyers market?  When the absorption rate is over 6 %
• When is it a sellers market?  When the absorption rate is under 6%

The tide has turned…but the deals are still available.  But  RUN don’t walk…..