Institutional Investors, All-Cash Buyers Enjoy Larger Average Discounts

[facebook][retweet] All-cash buyers and institutional investors were able to purchase residential homes at a larger discount rate from the average market value at the time of purchase than the average rate for all U.S. homebuyers in the third quarter, according to RealtyTrac’s U.S. Institutional Investors & Cash Sales Report for Q3 2014. RealtyTrac reported that…

Median Distressed Home Price Jumps 18 Percent in October

[facebook][retweet] The median price of distressed residential properties, which are those that are either in the foreclosure process or owned by a bank, jumped up by 18 percent year-over-year in October, according to RealtyTrac’s October 2014 Residential and Foreclosure Sales Report. The price of non-distressed homes increased at the slower rate of 11 percent during the same…