REO Final Sale Price / Accepted Offer Prices on MLS

REO Final Sale Price / Accepted Offer Prices on MLS

Homeowner · Marietta, GA · Member since 2008 · 4 posts · 0 votes

Hi everyone,

I have been trying to track the local REO listings in my market to get a trending of what % of the List Price the banks are generally accepting. I know this depends on a LOT of different factors etc. But -- anyway -- my specific question is: Why is it that after a REO MLS Listing goes to: "Pending" -- it never changes forward to "Sold" - and it never displays the Sale Price that the bank finally accepted? There are a dozen REO listings i was tracking that had accepted offers / went under contract ("Pending") in mid-May-08 - with a proposed Closing Date of early-mid-June-08. Its been 3 weeks since the Proposed Closing Date on many of them - yet - the MLS keeps saying "Pending" - and i cant find any details about the Closing/Accepted Bid price!

Does the broker or agent never go back and update the MLS with those details on REO properties?? Do REO MLS listings behave any different than "regular" listings in this regard?

If not through the MLS, is there any other roundabout way to lookup the closing prices on REOs that recently sold? Can someone kindly explain?

Thanks!

0Reply
37 views

21 Replies

Jump to latestLatest
  • Rental Property Investor · Mercer Island, WA · Member since 2008 · 22k+ posts · 14k+ votes
    18y

    I think this depends on your local MLS system. Its not one big system.

    Around here, once an offer is accepted, some agents will pull them off the MLS. Other's don't. There's no way to tell, even for an agent, if there is a contact or not. You just have to call the listing agent and ask if its still available.

    Eventually, they do get marked as sold, and the sold price appears, along with the concessions. If they do that where you live, an agent should be able to pull that data for you.

    Very eventually, it will appear in the public records. How quickly depends on your county. In my experience, its months at a minimum.

  • Homeowner · Marietta, GA · Member since 2008 · 4 posts · 0 votes
    18y

    Thanks for the reply Wheatie.

    I am assuming that if the MLS says "Pending" - it does have a contract on it. Or else, as you said - Listing Agent would tell us for sure if it is under contract or not. Public records here take too long to reflect the recent sales.

    Is there any other way to gather details on sale prices / concessions etc BEFORE it hits the public records? MLS system is not helping much coz no one seems to be updating it after it goes to "Pending"!

    I am guessing the listing agent would not disclose the sale price to us for no good reason right?

    Also, i have noticed that some county assessor records here do not show the sales prices on past foreclosure (especially HUD) sales. It just says the Buyer and Seller Names and shows a $0 transaction.

  • Homeowner · Marietta, GA · Member since 2008 · 4 posts · 0 votes
    18y

    Hmm.. so no way to find the sale price on recently sold REOs??

  • Rental Property Investor · Mercer Island, WA · Member since 2008 · 22k+ posts · 14k+ votes
    18y

    If you mean, within a few days after they're sold (i.e., actually closed, not just under contract), no. Find an agent with MLS access, and they can get you whatever information is available, when it becomes available. It may be incomplete and slow, but its better than nothing.

    If you have a working relationship with an appraiser, they might be able to help, too.

  • Homeowner · Marietta, GA · Member since 2008 · 4 posts · 0 votes
    18y

    Wheatie - i do have MLS access - through my agent. Both, my agent and myself, have been checking the detailed (full access) MLS listings of these recently closed (actually) REOs - but since the sale prices are never filled out on MLS - we cant get any further info.

    My agent knows a couple of local Appraisers. How would that work though? I mean, how are the appraisers able to get these details before its available on the public records? Can the appraisers get that detail through calling the listing agent? Thanks for your help.

  • Rental Property Investor · Mercer Island, WA · Member since 2008 · 22k+ posts · 14k+ votes
    18y

    Appraisers get data to do comps. Not sure if this comes from the MLS, public records, or somewhere else. But the appraisal system would break down if appraisers didn't have access to good data.

  • Real Estate Investor · Lancaster, OH · Member since 2008 · 87 posts · 0 votes
    18y

    July 1, 2008

    Local sheriff sale websites post sale prices.
    Local newspapers post area sales in central Ohio.
    Some auditor websites have comparable sales data.
    Check with local real estate investing clubs.
    Perhaps local investors will share their information on recent deals.
    Ohio has alot of reo opportunities.
    I have found good deals for 20 to 40 cents on the ARV dollar.

    Or, take a real estate attorney to lunch and "pick his brain!"

    Regards,

  • Scottsdale, AZ · Member since 2008 · 342 posts · 15 votes
    18y

    Manish,

    Why are you conducting this research? I think you are spinning your wheels because the market is changing too quickly to get accurate data for today.

Join the conversationCreate a free account to reply, vote on answers and follow this thread.