DISQUS

Urbnlivn: The Press on Capitol Hill Auctioning 18 Units

  • vanderleun · 11 months ago
    "I’m a little surprised they aren’t waiting until the spring but I guess they have their reasons"

    I'm guessing their reasons are that they have already gone through the first two stages of financial disaster:

    Stage 1) Set your hair on fire and run from the room screaming, "I got the fear!"

    Stage 2) Shapen two chopsticks and jam them into your pupils so you won't see the encroaching flames.

    and are now at

    Stage 3) Self-Bobbitization.

    Man, the sound of that clever on the woodblock makes me wince every time.
  • ssilvy · 11 months ago
    Another strong reason may be that their bank ordered them to.
  • Pisit C · 11 months ago
    Matt - I have been a long time fan of your site. Thanks for creating an informative and fun blog!

    I'm interested in some of the units over at the Press for a while but totally new to real estate auction - so sorry for stupid questions here...

    Which buyers did you mean in "it sucks for the current buyers"? I believe you meant the buyers who are closing the deal with the builder now?

    Also, in this kind of economy, should we expect to see significant difference in price (say 30%?) between successful bid and the listed price?

    Thanks!
  • ssilvy · 11 months ago
    Pisit, I think he means it sucks for whoever mortgaged themselves up to "buy" a unit at what the market price used to be. The auction may reveal current value, so that current owners get to see if they're as underwater on their mortgage as they suspect.
  • nitsuj · 11 months ago
    How does HOA work for an auction buy? Is it some % of selling price, % of original asking price, or just some arbitrary number the sellers came up with? Would suck to not only be down 50% in equity but also be stuck paying 2x the HOA as your new neighbors.
  • Scott Forcier · 11 months ago
    The recent auction @1707 produced quite a number of sales. The prices were lower then the list prices, but considering they were NET to Seller prices, they really only ended up being within 90% of the list prices. That's an offer you could pretty much put out to any builder or bank and they'd probably accept. Why wait for an auction? Find what you'd like to buy and sink your teeth in.
  • William C Bonner · 11 months ago
    Generally the HOA dues are based on square footage, or a percentage of the entire property. If the developer still owns 25% of the units, then they would actually be paying the HOA dues on that portion.
  • ADS · 11 months ago
    Was this a conversion or new construction?

    Also, in an auction do buyers can buyers finance the purchase or is it all cash?
  • mattgoyer · 11 months ago
    Conversion.

    Looks like Wells Fargo is providing financing.
  • Thomas Richardson · 11 months ago
    i just took a look at the condos available for sale, my interest, 2b 2b, or 2 b 1 b - as minimum bidding prices are terrific for Cap Hill - how realistic is it that any would be sold for min. bidding? Do you think there is much interest out there for these units at much higher than minimum required bids given today's market?