Big Bear Real Estate

It's time already for the first "Sold" and "Pending/Back-up" lists of 2013!  As of this morning, there are only 329 active Big Bear area listings left for sale in our entire MLS.  Of those, only 17 are short sales and 19 are bank-owned (only 6 of those are in the "resort areas" of Big Bear Lake, ...

Below are the monthly Big Bear Real Estate sales statistics for the month of December.  Once again, we saw several increases in avg. sales price and avg. $/sqft (especially in Big Bear Lake-general and Big Bear City); as well as the majority of homes selling within 5% of asking price (LP/SP).  In...

As we discussed previously, in terms of Big Bear real estate, the number of actual bank-owned properties is down considerably (about 75%) from the height of the foreclosure crisis.  Part of this is that many of the bad loans have been washed out of the system and part is that banks have become mu...

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season!  It’s been PACKED up here (it feels like everyone from Los Angeles and San Diego came up to our little mountain town over the last 2 weeks); but as work and school resume for many on Monday, it should slow back down a little to our usual winter cra...

Is now "the perfect time to buy"?   The answer to this question depends on who you are and the reason you are buying.  It's true that prices are lower than they've been in years and interest rates are at historic lows as well, but does this make it "the perfect time"?  It's definitely a VERY GOOD...

We've had a very busy year with about half of our sales coming from bank-owned properties so far in 2008.  However, that's half of the number of sales, but only about 20% of the dollar amount.  Because it's generally a second-home market and people didn't seem to be getting into crazy negative am...