No Foreclosure Wave In Sight
Investor discounts at trustee sale vary by county

Discovery Bay, CA, August 12, 2010 - ForeclosureRadar (www.foreclosureradar.com), the only website that
tracks every California foreclosure and provides daily auction updates, issued its monthly California
Foreclosure Report for July 2010. Foreclosure activity was again mixed in July. Foreclosure filings and
cancellations dropped after rising last month, while foreclosure sales rose after dropping last month.

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Broad Stabilization in Second Quarter Metro Area Home Prices with Strong Sales


The trend in firming home prices solidified in the second quarter with more metropolitan areas showing increases from a year ago, aided by a surge in home sales driven by the home buyer tax credit, according to the latest survey by the National Association of Realtors®.

In the second quarter, 100 out of 155 metropolitan statistical areas1 (MSAs) had higher median existing single-family home prices in comparison with the second quarter of 2009, including 14 with double-digit increases; two were unchanged and 53 metros showed price declines. In the first quarter of this year 91 areas had higher prices, while only 26 MSAs experienced annual price gains in second quarter of 2009.

The national median existing single-family price was $176,900 in the second quarter, up 1.5 percent from $174,200 in the same period of 2009. The median is where half sold for more and half sold for less. Distressed homes accounted for 32 percent of second quarter sales, down from 36 percent a year ago.

Commercial Real Estate Remains Soft but Favors Business Expansion

Commercial real estate sectors, hurt by weak job growth, are offering incentives in many areas that are conducive to business expansion, according to the National Association of Realtors®.

Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said fallout from the recession continues to impact commercial real estate.  “Vacancy rates are beginning to level off in some sectors, but rent discounts and moderate levels of landlord concessions are widespread,” he said.  “This is very much a tenant’s market, which is quite favorable for businesses that are considering expansion.  It’s also encouraging that there is a modest improvement in the sentiment of commercial real estate practitioners.”