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The Colorado Springs area saw 62 new listings for Colorado Springs bank owned homes come on the market since March 1, 2010. The homes are in a variety of different areas of the city, but the Southeast part of the city had the most foreclosures come back on the market, with 12 new listings. There were no new foreclosures listings in the last 10 days in the Northwest or Manitou areas. The price on these Colorado Springs Foreclosed homes ranged from $39,900 for a condo in Southeast Colorado Springs to $510,000 for a 4000 square foot home built i 2005 located in Northgate. The average price was $163,033.

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I’m definitely a “data-queen”, as I love analyzing data, looking at numbers. As I continue to become more and more of an REO specialist, I recently crunched some numbers to look at the current homes for sales in Colorado Springs and specifically focusing on foreclosed homes, including bank-owned, HUD homes, VA repos, and other foreclosures. It’s interesting to see where the majority of foreclosed homes for sales are located at in the Colorado Springs area. Any even more importantly, what parts of the city have very few foreclosures.
Manitou Springs and the Ute Valley area currently have very few foreclosures for sale; the northwest area of the city ; including Rockrimmon and Mountain Shadows also continue to see very little foreclosure homes for sale. The southeast part of the City (Soaring Eagles, Pikes Peak Park) and Powers area (Stetson Hills, Springs Ranch) currently have the highest amount of foreclosures for sale. The Central area (including downtown) is also continuing to see a high amount of foreclosed homes for sale.
Also, according to a new report published by Realty Trac, 1 in every 69 homes is in foreclosure, and Colorado Springs ranks #49 in their U.S. Metro Foreclosure Market Data. In Las Vegas, 1 in every 13 homes is in foreclosure, in Phoenix, it’s one out of every 22 homes.

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VA Vendee Financing helps sell VA Repos
VA Vendee Financing
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If you are interested in buying a VA Repo home in the Colorado Springs area, you’ll want to understand take advantage of VA Vendee Financing. Here’s some of the basic the facts:
- It’s a loan product offered to individuals and investors to help finance the purchase of VA Repos
- It’s offered to both veterans and non-veterans

- VA may contribute up to 6% of the purchase price for buyer’s closing costs
- Interest rates are determined by the VA
- For investors there is no maximum number of investment properties; down payment can be as little as 5% down
- For owner occupieds, amount can be financed with 0% down.
- Mortgage insurance is not required.
- It’s available to both owner occupied and investors
- Properties are always sold “as-is”
- There is no contingency for financing or for inspection
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What is a VA Repo?
VA Repos in Colorado Springs
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There are many different types of foreclosed homes in Colorado Springs, as well as the rest of the US, that hit the market, including VA repos. These are the result of foreclosed homes that were financed with a VA loans. Currently these homes are marketed for sale through Bank America Homes Loans.
The properties are typically listed in the MLS, but they can also be viewed on www.reotrans.com and on www.homesales.gov and www.va.reotrans.com
Here’s some basic facts about VA repos.
- Buyers must use a Real Estate agent to submit their offer.
- VA provides addendums which outline their policies
- VA properties are always sold “as-is”
- VA does not include an inspection period in their offers. If a buyer is interested, they should do the inspection before they put in their offer. Read the rest of this entry »
There are different types of foreclosed homes
Foreclosure Properties for Buyers — Just the Facts
For a FREE List of Foreclosures email Kathy Torline at KTorline@msn.com
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Buying a home that has been foreclosed on can be a very good deal, especially if you have money to invest
in fixing it up. Buyers may end up with more in equity than the amount they spend fixing the property, particularly when they do some of the work yourself. Even if you’re a first time homebuyer with no money for cosmetic or other repairs, a foreclosure may be within your reach with creative financing that allows you to finance the repairs based on the repaired value of the home.
As I was writing this article, I went to the local Multiple Listing Service and searched for all of the properties that said they were currently listed and classified as Bank owned. The search came up with 323 Bank owned properties, which is about 5% of the homes currently listed for sale. If you want a list of these properties, call or email Kathy or Nancy.
The following is a brief explanation of the majority of foreclosure properties available for buyers to purchase.
(1) Bank Owned: These type of properties are also called Real Estate owned or REO. The bank has already foreclosed, and the bank now owns the property. They are typically sold “as-is”, which means Read the rest of this entry »




