by Calculated Risk on 5/15/2015 06:27:00 PM

Economist Tom Lawler sent me the preliminary table below of short sales, foreclosures and cash buyers for a few selected cities in April.

On distressed: Total "distressed" share is down in most of these markets mostly due to a decline in short sales (Mid-Atlantic is up year-over-year because of an increase in foreclosures in Baltimore).

Short sales are down in these areas.

The All Cash Share (last two columns) is declining year-over-year. As investors pull back, the share of all cash buyers will probably continue to decline.

From Lawler: Note: The Baltimore Metro area is included in the overall Mid-Atlantic region (covered by MRIS). I am showing it separately because a large portion of the YOY increase in the foreclosure share of home sales in the Mid-Atlantic region was attributable to the almost 85% YOY increase in foreclosure sales in the Baltimore Metro area.

	Short Sales Share		Foreclosure Sales Share		Total "Distressed" Share		All Cash Share
	Apr-15	Apr-14	Apr-15	Apr-14	Apr-15	Apr-14	Apr-15	Apr-14
Las Vegas	7.2%	12.4%	8.3%	11.4%	15.5%	23.8%	30.4%	41.4%
Reno**	6.0%	15.0%	5.0%	6.0%	11.0%	21.0%
Phoenix	2.5%	4.0%	3.8%	6.5%	6.3%	10.5%	25.3%	32.2%
Minneapolis	2.9%	5.1%	9.2%	16.0%	12.0%	21.1%
Mid-Atlantic	4.5%	5.9%	12.9%	10.0%	17.3%	15.9%	17.2%	19.5%
Baltimore Metro	4.3%	5.8%	20.7%	13.8%	25.0%	19.6%
Orlando	4.8%	9.1%	24.7%	23.7%	29.5%	32.8%	37.4%	42.4%
Chicago (city)					20.3%	27.3%
Hampton Roads					22.2%	24.4%
Chicago (city)					20.3%	27.3%
Northeast Florida					28.9%	38.0%
Toledo							30.2%	33.4%
Tucson							27.1%	30.5%
Des Moines							13.8%	17.1%
Peoria							17.3%	21.2%
Georgia***							21.6%	34.3%
Omaha							16.4%	19.7%
Richmond VA MSA			11.5%	15.4%			18.2%	22.5%
Memphis			16.1%	17.3%
Springfield IL**			10.3%	13.2%			17.9%	N/A
*share of existing home sales, based on property records **Single Family Only ***GAMLS