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A Premier In-Fill Development Opportunity Featuring 167 Acres in Oakland Trades Hands in a Red-Hot Bay Area Land Market
May 9, 2014 (Irvine, California) – The California Division of the Land Advisors Organization is pleased to announce the closing of Oak Knoll, a premier hillside development opportunity featuring 167 acres in Oakland, California. The asset sale was brokered on behalf of LV Oak Knoll LLC, the Seller, by Terry Ruckle and Steve Reilly of the Land Advisors Organization.
Land Advisors generated 20 offers for the property, evidence of intense competition for Bay Area residential development projects.
The Oak Knoll property is unique in the market due to its ability to provide desperately-needed new single-family homes, significant natural open space, trails and parks, and direct access to Interstate 580 at Mountain Boulevard. With its in-fill location, the Oak Knoll property is well-positioned to provide a wide range of housing options to the East Bay Area. Oak Knoll offers one of the rarest residential development opportunities remaining in the Western United States.
For more information about Oak Knoll, please contact Terry Ruckle, Co-Founding Principal and Oak Knoll Marketing Team Lead, at truckle@landadvisors.com or Steve Reilly, Senior Marketing Consultant, at sreilly@landadvisors.com. For more information about Land Advisors Organization, please visit http://www.landadvisors.com or contact Tom Reimers at (949) 852-8288 ext. 28.
About Land Advisors Organization:
Land Advisors Organization specializes in innovative land brokerage through deep market insight and unparalleled client relationships. With an exclusive focus on land, Land Advisors Organization integrates current comprehensive information, cutting-edge technology and geographically specialized professionals to help our clients identify and capitalize on valuable opportunities in all kinds of economic environments. The Land Advisors Organization employs a true collaborative brokerage model with offices located throughout Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Texas.
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FRESNO: Fat Tuesday, Skinny Inventory
Now is the time for homebuilders to open their stalled legacy projects. Beazer Homes recently closed out The Groves at Sunnyside Point, their neighborhood adjacent to KB Home’s Olive Lane new home community located in Sunnyside Fresno. New homebuilders will not have to compete as hard for new home buyers shopping the area.
HOME PRICES
According to the California Association of Realtors, Fresno County home prices increased 15.3%, but sales were down 22.2% from the previous year. Madera County saw prices increase 36.1%, but sales were down 24.4% from the previous year. However, sales are looking up with a 19.2% increase in sales from the previous month in Madera County.
| December 2012 County Sales and Price Activity | |||||||
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Median Sold Price of Existing Single-Family Homes |
# of Sales |
||||||
| County |
12-Dec |
12-Nov |
11-Dec |
MTM% Chg |
YTY% Chg |
MTM% Chg |
YTY% Chg |
| Fresno |
$157,620 |
$148,240 |
$136,740 |
6.3% |
15.3% |
-2.5% |
-22.2% |
| Madera |
$144,290 |
$113,330 |
$106,000 |
27.3% |
36.1% |
19.2% |
-24.4% |
Source: California Association of Realtors
UNSOLD INVENTORY & TIME ON MARKET
According to Land Advisors Organization research, unsold inventory in Fresno County decreased 7.3% from the previous year and Madera County decreased 47.4% from the previous year. The median time on market decreased 24.1% in Fresno County and increased 25.4% in Madera County from the previous year.
| December 2012 County Unsold Inventory and Time on Market | ||||||
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Unsold Inventory Index |
Median Time on Market |
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| County |
12-Dec |
12-Nov |
11-Dec |
12-Dec |
12-Nov |
11-Dec |
| Fresno |
3.8 Months |
4.2 Months |
4.1 Months |
26.4 Days |
26.3 Days |
34.8 Days |
| Madera |
2 Months |
3.2 Months |
3.8 Months |
64.6 Days |
27.9 Days |
51.5 Days |
Source: California Association of Realtors
FINISHED LOT INVENTORY
Home Buyer demand is escalating fast. Quality resale inventory is sparse. If you own 10 or more acres of land in the path of development, you should be at the City processing a subdivision map faster than Mardi Gras beads flying from a balcony overlooking Bourbon Street. If you are not familiar with the entitlement process please contact me so I can help get you started.
NEW DEVELOPMENT
Fresno developers plan medical campus at Millerton Lake. FULL STORY
Source: Mark Utman, Marketing Consultant, (559) 549-6326
California Division: 2012 Year in Review
Source: Tom Reimers, President, (949) 852-8288 x28
Fresno County Approved TTM Lots Going Once, Twice…
Land Advisors Organization is pleased to say SHOUT! the handful of approved tentative tract maps (TTM) available for sale within Clovis’ city limits have been receiving multiple offers. The City of Fresno is next to follow where lots previously located in “B” and “C” locations are quickly becoming the new “A” lots. The time is now for developers and homebuilders to pounce on every reasonably priced TTM. Call LAO’s Fresno office at (559) 549-6326 for a current list of available inventory.
HOME SALES:
- Distressed homes sales are on the decline. FULL STORY
- Home prices are up 18% from a year ago. FULL STORY
NEW DEVELOPMENTS: On November 7, 2012 The Madera County Board of Supervisors re-approved 4-0 the 1,656-acre, 5,190-home Tesoro Viejo planned urban community proposed by McCaffrey Group.
Source: Mark Utman, Marketing Consultant, (559) 549-6326
Central Coast Sales are Climbing!
The Central Coast’s South Santa Barbara County 
submarket, which includes Carpinteria, Santa Barbara and Goleta, has seen a surge in sales volume to date with 199 closed transactions this past October. Sales volume is WAY up and our trend line has now officially bounced above our 2005 sales volume numbers. With all of this activity our current median price of $620,000 has also bumped up 2% from this time last year leaving us with one question … Where is the future inventory going to come from? With thinning resale opportunities and virtually no foreclosed homes on the market prices are sure to jump again over the next six months.
So what does this mean for Central Coast home builders looking for land opportunities along the Central Coast? Finding the right land position has traditionally been very difficult in this supply constrained market so if you are a home builder looking to build along the Central Coast, please contact Matt Power at Land Advisors Organization’s Santa Barbara office at 805.845.2660.
Source: Matt Power, Senior Marketing Consultant, (805) 845.2660
WANTED: FRESNO LAND DEVELOPERS
According to Fresno real estate blogger, BoNhai Lee, the City of Fresno says ±16,000 acres of land remain for housing development. With that being said, Fresno is in need of land developers to entitle and process new tentative tract maps.
Land Advisors Organization’s Fresno office is happy to announce the San Joaquin Valley is (finally!) coming alive in “A” locations. Builders are complaining there are not enough improved lots to choose from in Clovis and northeast Fresno.
POLL:
RECENT CLOSINGS (September 2012):
- An investor purchased 36 finished lots in Madera (brokered by LAO)
- A farmer purchased ±37 unimproved acres in Clovis (brokered by LAO)
NEW COMMUNITIES:
- NOW OPEN – Vantage at Harlan Ranch (Clovis, CA) by Benchmark Communities
- GRAND OPENING – Tuesday, October 16, 2012 @ 10am – Bungalow Court (Fresno, CA) by GV Urban, a division of Granville Homes
HOME SALES: According BoNhia Lee (@bonhialee), new home sales accounted for 5% of the Central Valley residential transactions this year compared to 26% in 2006.
Source: Mark Utman, Marketing Consultant, (559) 549-6326
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