{"ezoma_uuid":"e2760e09-b680-54ed-b193-003b762c1b72","name":"Battiata Real Estate Group","address1":"445 Marine View Ave","address2":"","city":"Del Mar","state":"CA","zip":"92014","phone":"(760) 930-9898","extra_phone":"","categories":[{"code":"8009357","name":"Real Estate Agents"},{"code":"8009360","name":"Real Estate Management"}],"primary_category":"Real Estate Agents","business_closed":"","website_address":"http://www.battiata.com","email":"","hours":{"FRIDAY":"0900-1800","MONDAY":"0900-1800","SUNDAY":"0900-1800","TUESDAY":"0900-1800","SATURDAY":"0900-1800","THURSDAY":"0900-1800","WEDNESDAY":"0900-1800"},"holiday_hours":{},"payments_accepted":"","latitude":"32.990654","longitude":"-117.25509","reviews_requested_at":null,"overall_score":null,"subscription_tier":"free","last_verified_at":null,"auxiliary_r2_key":null,"selected_categories":null,"media":null,"blogs":null,"review_count":7,"average_rating":4.86,"website_scraped_at":null,"door_pin":null,"prompts":null,"reviews":[{"author_name":"tedvdmerwe","review_text":"We would like to thank Catrina & all the staff of Battiata for being extremely professional throughout the sale of our house. We felt we were always in good hands. If you had a question you would get someone from the Battiata office getting back to you with 24 hours. They take your interest to heart and you are not just another sale. Thank you again Matt, Catrina & staff.","rating":5,"date_published":"2012-11-06"},{"author_name":"melodynewell","review_text":"I would recommend them to anyone and would let anyone know that they did an excellent job of short selling the home and taking a huge burden from me.  It took only 4 months from beginning to close which is a short time for this type of sale.  Most helpful was the free seminar provided by Matt that I attended before going through the process.","rating":5,"date_published":"2012-01-06"},{"author_name":"niki.kempker","review_text":"After many unsuccesful attempts to modify our loan with our lender, we decided the short sale was the way to go.  In the process  Matt Battiata has met and exceeded our expectations!  Special thanks to Laura Smith who never lost patience with the many questions we had for her!  Highly recommend!","rating":5,"date_published":"2012-24-05"},{"author_name":"Trung  N.","review_text":"When my wife and I researched prospective candidates to be our listing agent for the short sale of our property - the Battiata Real Estate Group was at the top of the list.  The Battiata Real Estate Group had been in the business for quite some time and had managed to survive through the worst real estate market in decades.  This only happens if you manage get deals done.For those about to enter into a short sale, you need to set expectations.  You need to recognize that short sales require time.  You need to make a commitment to be able to show your residence at any given moment and to have the residence looking the best it can be each and every time.  You need to have an open line of communication with your listing agent.  Communication was an important part of the success of the short sale.  My questions and  concerns were answered promptly by the Battiata team.  At times, your listing agent will not have any information for you.  This is not for a lack of trying.  Bank of America would sometimes have no short sale update for more than a week.  The Battiata team made sure to include the most current comment from Bank of America in their emails with me so that I was aware of the situation.If you get multiple offers, make sure you select a prospective buyer carefully.  Make sure that the buyer is on  the same timeline as yourself.  Select a buyer who is offering a purchase price consistent to the appraised target price.  This will remove further delay in the negotiating process between the bank and the prospective buyer.  For us, the pricing of our property was spot on.  The Battiata team pegged the market value of the property as $275k at the very beginning.  That was the eventual purchase price.  When you get documents to sign, get them back to your listing agent ASAP.  Do not sit on them.  There may undoubtedly, be unforeseen delays in the short sale process, just don't have one of the delays be you.Last year the success rate of short sales across the U.S, was only at 60%.  The good news is that banks are looking to approve more short sales going forward.  The San Diego market is looking up too.  We had many offers on our old residence.  In addition, the government HAFA program has finally has its act together.  Our HAFA short sale took approximately four months to close - from initial offer to close of escrow.  We also received $3k to assist in moving expenses.  Bank of America recently announced a new program to get more distressed borrowers into short sales with financial incentives from $3k to $30k (Yes that's $30,000.)  I hope that you consider the Battiata Real Estate Group as your listing agent.  They proved to be a successful choice for our family and hopefully for your as well.","rating":4,"date_published":"2012-21-05"},{"author_name":"rnordedavis","review_text":"The Battiata Team is amazing.  They listed or condo and guided us through a very difficult short sale process.  Matt Battiata also offers informative seminars that explains the differences between the short sale process or walking away from a property.  If you are faced with making the decision to sell or walk away, I would strongly suggest attending his seminar.  I cannot thank Matt and his team enough!","rating":5,"date_published":"2012-26-04"},{"author_name":"stefanieb","review_text":"The Battiata Team was wonderful to work with and I would use them again.  I had a short sale and even though it is a longer process, they kept me informed the entire time and made the short sale bearable.  They took care of all of the communication and had excellent follow-up and follow through.  Great customer service and quick to respond!","rating":5,"date_published":"2012-20-04"},{"author_name":"afirestone","review_text":"We had a good experience with Matt Battiata and the Battiata real estate group (as good an experience as you could hope for with a short sale).  I will say that overall they did an excellent job however I can understand people's frustration when it comes to short sales.We contacted Matt Battiata when we needed to do a short sale on our home in Solana Beach.  Start to finish, the whole process took about 7 months, which was frustrating, but knowing what I now know about short sales I understand that to be very good.I think alot of the people posting reviews online are angry about short sales and frustrated in dealing with the banks and are misdirecting their anger toward Battiata and his team.  We had almost every roadblock come up on our sale - buyers backing out, the bank changing the terms, the bank losing paperwork, crazy agents, you name it, but I have to give Battiata props because they never gave up and in the end they got the job done.As far as I am concerned, the bottom line is our short sale went through and we felt well represented and protected which is more than I can say for most of my dealings with real estate agents.  I would use Matt again and I can't say that of any other realtor I've used in the past.","rating":5,"date_published":"2011-14-11"}]}