Bank Owned Houses in Key West

It's that time again. Time to roll out the list of Bank Owned Single Family Homes for sale in and near Key West. CLICK HERE to look at the list of active single family homes. Some are "challenged" and a couple actually look really interesting.

I used to manage the Special Assets Department for a bank in Denver. We had our share of bank foreclosures. Banks don't want them. A lot of lenders have been doing some aggressive restructuring in the form of short sales to limit the amount of new foreclosures. But there will still be more foreclosures for some time to come.

One of the reasons for some of the foreclosures in this post is the location of the houses or the condition of the houses. Some of the properties are located in areas that took water during Hurricane Wilma. Buyers have to buy the property in an "as is" condition and I think a lot of prospective buyers are fearful that a property that flooded once will flood again. Wilma was a catastrophic event and the flooding that occurred was totally unexpected based on previous history. At least that is what I have been told. But the fear factor is keeping some of these houses from being purchased. I assume there is a price where prospective buyers will feel the price is worth the risk.

Some previous owners have made the sale of bank foreclosures a bit more difficult as well. Several of the properties I have seen (including some on this list) have been cannibalized. Cannibalized means that someone has taken appliances, light fixtures, air conditioning systems, kitchen cabinets, etc. I guess the former owners think they paid for the stuff and they wanted to take some memento to remember their former home. Yea, that or sell the stuff and make a few bucks.

On a lighter note I would suggest that potential buyers look at 1525 Niles Channel Road ($999,900) with awesome open water views, 4 Go Lane in Key West ($990,000) located on an active Key West canal with easy deep water access [photos to the Right are of Go Lane], and 67 Bay Drive on Saddlebunch Key ($583,900) which is affordably priced and it also has open water views. [The mls listing info is not correct on Bay Drive. The price of $583,000 is correct as of 8-26-2008.]

These properties are vacant and easy to show. If you would like to see one and maybe get a good deal on a bank foreclosure please call me, Gary Thomas, 305-766-2642 or e-mail me at kw1101v@aol.com.