Santa Cruz & Capitola Foreclosures

As a Short Sale and REO specialist, I work with numerous Santa Cruz County bank owned properties and must keep on the pulse of foreclosure trends for Santa Cruz, Capitola and beyond. Below are up-to-date charts of Foreclosure Filings and Outcomes for Santa Cruz County.

Santa Cruz County Foreclosure Filings

The chart below shows you the most up-to-date numbers of default notices filed by the bank, often referred to as a pre-foreclosure notice, and the number of notices the banks made to sell their foreclosed Santa Cruz properties.

Santa Cruz County Foreclosure Outcome

Foreclosure outcome refers to one of three options. Either the bank took possession of the foreclosure, it was sold to a third party, as with a short sale, or the foreclosure process was halted, for example if the homeowner became current with their payments.