During the mortgage crisis,
foreclosed homes were selling, on average, for a 25 percent discount
compared to original market values. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the
average foreclosure discount dropped to 12.2 percent, according to the
latest data from FNC’s Foreclosure Market report.
The median sales price of foreclosures is $93,000; the median price of non-distressed home is $183,000, FNC reports.
"The fact that we are seeing a combination of rising home prices and a
bottoming out of foreclosure prices is a very good sign the housing
recovery is taking hold," says Yangling Mayer, FNC senior research
economist. "This is the very first time in the long housing recession
that the two are happening at the same time."
Source: “Foreclosure discounts no longer as steep,” HousingWire (Feb. 18, 2013)