Lovely Desert Knolls jewel of Apple Valley CA, currently has 82 homes listed for sale. 25 homes are contingent, meaning they are waiting for something to happen to get them into escrow. 76 homes are pending or are in escrow. In the last 3 months 85 homes have sold. The average home was 2316 square feet, was on the market for 54 days and sold for 98.69% of asking price. The average home was originally listed for $202,874.  The average listed price at the point it sold was $185,734. The lowest price a house sold for was $53,000, the highest price a home sold for was $675,000.   The highest price home was originally listed for $1,200,000. If you would like information on what your Desert Knolls home is worth or are interested in buying a Desert Knolls home, please call me your neighborhood... 04/05/2010

Hello Real Estate Fans!   Here is the news you can use from Apple Valley, CA As of  3/12/10 There are 301 active houses for sale. 76 homes are contingent there are 217  homes in escrow, 33 went pending last week. 24 homes sold in the last week.. Average square foot of house is 1864. Average days on market 34 Average sale price $126,379. The % of sales price to list price 100.92 The highest percent over asking was 114.26 The lowest was 86.16 10 sold over asking, 6 sold at asking. 6 sold under asking 19 were bank owned 2 were short sales Lowest price home was sold for $38,000 Highest price home sold for $395,000 Thanks to VVMLS for the stats.   Happy House Hunting from Karen @ Hamilton Landon GMAC www.VictorValleyDreamHomes.com 04/05/2010

Stonebook Estates is just north east of Bear Valley and Apple Valley Rd. It's a beautiful gated community. It has a club house, pool and tennis courts. It's one of Apple Valley's most upscale communities. In the last 6 months 3 homes have sold there, 19175 Glenbrook Cir  it is 3623 sq ft and it sold for $372,500 12917 Galewood St    it is 4265 sq ft and it sold for $390,000 12932 Amador Cir     it is 4697 sq ft and it sold for $488,900 There are 3 homes pending 13139 Trailwood      it is 3212 sq ft, asking price $349,900 19275 Monerty        it is 3212 sq ft asking price  $375,000 12915 Amador         it is 3783 sq ft asking price $445,900 1 home is listed 12969 Galewood   it is 2665 sq ft, asking price $389,500.   03/30/2010

                                               How to Buy Your First House  Congratulations, you are ready to walk down the road that leads to home ownership.  How what? You can look on line at house and start getting an idea of what appeals to you.Our local MLS (Multiple Listing Service, i.e. the web site where the houses are) is WWW.VVMLS.COM . This is for the Victor Valley, in So. Calif. You need to do 2 things, 1-     Prepare financially to show that you can buy a house. *You can gather bank statements showing you have the amount of money it takes to buy the house you are looking at  *Find a good trust worthy lender You must be prepared to let them run your credit and answer questions about your finances and back up your answers with bank statement, tax records and pay check stubs o... 03/04/2010

Hello Real Estate Fans!   Here is the news you can use from Apple Valley, CA   As of  2/19/10   There are 293 active houses for sale. 85 homes are contingent there are 212  homes in escrow. 34 homes sold in the last 2 weeks.   Average square foot of house is 2022   Average days on market 41   Average sale price $127K.   The % of sales price to list price 99.46%. The highest percent over asking was 135% The lowest was 87%.   14 sold over asking, 7 sold at asking. 14 sold under asking   20 were bank  owned 4 were short sales   Lowest price home was sold for $78K Highest price home sold for $400K.    Let's look at shorts sales over all There are 72 active listing 53 contingent 41 are pending and 52 have sold in the last six months     Thanks to VVMLS for the stats.   Happy House Hunting fr... 02/20/2010

Here is the news you can use from Apple Valley, CA As of  2/5/10 There are 305 active houses for sale. 73 homes are contingent 25 went pending this week there are 184 pending over all 8 homes sold this week.   Average square foot of house is 2549 Average price per square foot $74.31 Average days on market 37 Average sale price $198.238 The % of sales price to list price 100.52   My guess is that agents haven't recording their sales yet. 8 is way off the average # of sales our area normally has.   Lowest price home was sold for $74.500. Highest price home sold for $488,900.   Thanks to VVMLS for the stats. Happy House Hunting from Karen @ Hamilton Landon GMAC www.VictorValleyDreamHomes.com 02/05/2010

Here is the news you can use from Apple Valley, CA As of  1/29/10 There are 298 active houses for sale. 67 homes are contingent 178 went pending this week. 24 homes sold this week.   Average square foot of house is 2223   Average price per square foot $71.54   Average days on market 42   Average sale price $165,948  The % of sales price to list price 99.68  4 were short sales 18 were bank owned. Lowest price home was sold for $53,000. Highest price home sold for $488,900.   Thanks to VVMLS for the stats.   Happy House Hunting from Karen @ Hamilton Landon GMAC www.VictorValleyDreamHomes.com 02/01/2010

Hello Real Estate Fans!   Brace yourselves; it's starting to rain again.   Here is the news you can use from Apple Valley, CA   This week's stats were out of the ordinary. Just an observation, there were 3 houses sold under 90% of asking price. In a market where many people are going over asking it was just unusual.     As of  1/15/10 There are 280 active houses for sale. 70 homes are contingent 175 went pending this week. All of those numbers are up from last week.   Down from last week is...... 14 homes sold this week. But let's remember that MLK day closed the recorders office. So there was one less business day.    Average square foot of house is 2244   Average price per square foot $72.85 This is almost $9 a foot LESS than last week. Average days on market 49   Average sale price $... 01/26/2010

Hello Real Estate Fans!   A rainy hello from the Desert.......   Here is the news you can use from Apple Valley, CA   As of  1/15/10 There are 274 active houses for sale. 57 homes are contingent 163 went pending this week. 27 homes sold this week.   Average square foot of house of houses sold 2252   Average price per square foot $81.97 Average days on market 43   Average sale price $185,730   The % of sales price to list price 99.04%.   Thanks to VVMLS for the stats.   Happy House Hunting from Karen @ Hamilton Landon GMAC www.VictorValleyDreamHomes.com 01/21/2010

American Red Cross, High Desert Chapter Haiti Relief "Drive Thru" Fundraiser! Haiti Relief "Drive Thru" FundraiserDATE: Saturday, January 16, 2010TIME: 8:00 am to 4:00 pmLOCATION: San Bernardino County Fairgrounds Please drive thru our fundraiser at the Victorville Fairgrounds off of 7th Street and make a tax deductible donation for the victims of the Haiti earthquake! American Red Cross, High Desert Chapter16248 Desert Knoll Dr.Victorville, California 92395 760-245-6511   01/15/2010

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Hello Real Estate Fans  Here are this week's stats for Apple Valley, CA. Week ending Dec. 25, 2009 There are 298 homes listed. 210 pending are pending. 18 sold this week. The average price per sq ft. was $70.25 2174 was the average sq. footage. The high priced house was $275,000. The low priced house was $68,000. The median price was $155,686.   5 of the houses sold over asking. 6 houses sold at asking. The average price sold to per foot was 100.71%. They averaged 72 days on market. 8 days on market was the shortest time period and 297 the longest.   There were 3 shorts sales, they averaged 173 days on market. 10 bank owned properties sold.   Bet you all are looking forward to next weeks blog where we'll wrap things up for the year.  Happy House Hunting! Karen @ Hamilton Landon GMAC Tha... 12/28/2009

Hello Real Estate Fans   Here are this week's stats for Apple Valley, Week ending 7/24/09   There are 324 homes listed. 33 were listed this last week. 44 are contingent.   311 pending all together, 48 went pending this week.   28sold this week,  22 were bank owned.   The average price per sq ft. was $63.00 1905 was the average sq. footage. The high priced house was $275,000 The low priced house was $38,000. The median price was $118.500.   9 of the houses sold over asking. 2 houses sold at asking. The average price sold to per foot was 98.10% They averaged 58 days on market.   Thanks to Victor Valley MLS for all the stats.     07/26/2009

Hello Real Estate Fans   Hope you are all celebrating our grand country this weekend.   Here are this week's stats for Apple Valley, Week ending 7/4/09   There are 356 homes listed. 102 were listed this last week.   321 pending all together, 48 went pending this week.   25 sold this week,  (it was a short week because  of July 4) 22 were bank owned,     The average price per sq ft. was $58.32. 1713 was the average sq. footage. The high priced house was $425,000 The low priced house was $34,500 The median price was $80,000.   8 of the houses sold over asking. 3 houses sold at asking. They averaged 50 days on market.   Thanks to Victor Valley MLS for all the stats. 07/05/2009

Hello Real Estate Fans!   Here is the latest Apple Valley news you can use.   There are 407 active residential listings,  74 of them were listed this week.    There are 326 homes pending,  52 of them went pending this week.   There were 33 homes that got new owners this week,  27 were bank owned.   The lowest price house sold was $15,900 and the highest price was $475,000, the average price was $137,875. and was 2003 sq ft.   They stayed on the market for an average of 66 days and sold at 92.65 % of asking price, the average price per square for is $62.79.     Happy House Hunting from Karen @ Hamilton Landon GMAC Real Estate 06/20/2009

Hello Real Estate Fans!   Here is the latest Apple Valley news you can use.   There are 385 active residential listings,  30 of them were listed this week.    There are 330 homes pending, 30 of them went pending this week.   There were 36 homes that got new owners this week,  30 were bank owned.   The lowest price house sold was $22,500 and the highest price was $234,000, the average price was $91,750. and was 1958 sq ft.   They stayed on the market for an average of 63 days and sold at 96% of asking price.     Happy House Hunting from Karen @ Hamilton Landon GMAC Real Estate 06/13/2009

Hello Real Estate Fans!   Hope May has been good to you.   It's kept me very busy and away from blogging.  This should get you caught up with the latest Apple Valley, CA real estate news.   May saw 104 home sales, 35 this last week.  The average home was 1865 sq ft. and sold for $121,357.  and was 95.89% of asking price,  64 days on market.   There are 417 active residential listings, 23 of them were listed this week.   There are 341 homes pending, 35 of them went pending this week.   The lowest price house sold was $21k and the highest price was $349,900.   Happy House Hunting from Karen @ Hamilton Landon GMAC Real Estate 05/29/2009

Hello Real Estate Fans   Here are this week's stats for Apple Valley, Week ending 4/17/09   There are 482 homes listed.   342 pending all together, 47 went pending this week.   23 sold this week, 15 were bank owned, 2 was a short sale.     The average price per sq ft. $72.67. 1,876 was the average sq. footage. The high priced house was $350,000. The low priced house was $34,952 The median price was $145,000   7 of the houses sold over asking. 2 were at 100% of asking. There were several that sold at auction. The homes sold for 97.73 of asking price And averaged 56 days on market.   Thanks to Victor Valley MLS for all the stats.     04/17/2009

  Hi Real Estate Fans, looks like good news to me, inventory is dropping. Buyers note the price per square foot dropped a WHOPPING $10 in a month's time. Are you seeing the light at the end of the tunnel?  It's getting bigger. Don't wait to long. You don't want to say, should have, could have, didn't.   Homes sold this week in Apple Valley ~ 23 They sold in the range of $210k-$41K. 21 were REOs. 1 was a short sale. They were on the market for an average of 80 days. The average price per sq ft. $61.18.   The houses sold for an average of  94.97% of selling price.   There are 300 houses pending, 48 of those went pending this week.   There are 585 active on the market, 111 of those are short sales and  277 are bank owned.   Happy House Hunting from your Neighborhood Realtor,   Karen @ Hami... 03/13/2009