Foreclosures Account for More than Half of Bay Area Resales

January 25, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Foreclosed properties accounted for more than half of all Bay Area resales during December, a first, according to real estate information provider DataQuick.

That’s up from 46.8 percent in November and 14 percent a year ago.  As a result, home sales increased 19.7 percent from November and 36 percent from December 2007.

A total of 6,889 new and resale homes and condos sold in nine counties last month, Read more