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Tni LeBlanc is an independent Real Estate Broker, Attorney, Short Sale Agent, Certified HAFA Specialist (CHS), and Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) and Short Sale and Foreclosure Resource Agent (SFR) serving Santa Maria, Orcutt, Lompoc, Nipomo, and Arroyo Grande on the Central Coast of California.
*SFRs & PUDs in Zip code 93436. Based on the information from the North Santa Barbara County Regional MLS. The Association, the Multiple Listing Service, nor Mint Properties guarantees or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Association or its MLS may not reflect all real estate activity in the real estate market. School district boundaries are subject to change and must be verified with the appropriate authority. Nothing in this article is intended to solicit listings currently under contract with another broker. This article offers no legal or tax advice and is for information purposes only. Those considering a short sale are advised to consult with their own attorney for legal advice, and their tax professional for tax advice prior to entering into a short sale listing agreement.
In July 2006, Mint Properties opened an office in the Mission Creek Plaza on Santa Maria Way. Tni’s stated aim is to offer the highest quality representation and professional service to her clients. Independence affords her the ability to avoid a volume driven approach; the result is prompt, reliable, individualized service coupled with straightforward advice. Indeed, she brings the same level of professionalism to real estate as she did to the law.
Prices of many condos are finally well beneath $100,000 in Santa Maria and Lompoc, which make some condos a good option for investors even with the added expense of a monthly condo fee. There have been some 2 bedroom condos listed as low as $59,000. If you compare a home in the local area that you can purchase for $100,000, you would be looking at a much older home or a smaller cottage with limited rental value and appeal. Everything on the exterior of the home is typically covered by the condo association, cutting down on the responsibility for landlords.
There are 189 active and pending homes and condos in Nipomo. Of those 189 properties, 16 are foreclosures (8%) and 34 are short sales (17.9%). Looking back six months, there have been 122 sales in Nipomo with an average listing price of $440,781 and an average selling price of $429,203, so sellers are getting about 97.3% of their asking prices in Nipomo indicating that there is some bargaining room for buyers in the Nipomo real estate market.
It depends. This is definitely a difficult situation for both the buyer and the seller, usually because appraisals are not ordered and completed until after the short sale approval has been received. Typically, the parties wait for weeks, if not months for the short sale approval, and once received the buyer begins their inspections and their lender orders the appraisal.
