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Price Adjustments in this New Housing Market

Lamacchia Realty

In early March it was becoming clear that the market was changing from a frenzied post-pandemic scene to one where rising mortgage rates would slow it down and help inventory finally rise back up. That’s because fewer homes are being placed under contract. How do you know your house is overpriced? See chart below.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

Today's monthly payments on a $500,000 mortgage are about the same as a $210,000 mortgage from the mid-1990s or a $300,000 mortgage from 2007. Put another way, the monthly payments on a $500,000 mortgage are about the same as a $210,000 mortgage from the mid-1990s or a $300,000 mortgage from 2007. So, what did they do?

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Price Adjustments in Florida Rise Rapidly

Lamacchia Realty

As you can see in the chart below, Florida has the highest shift in rising inventory over the past twelve months. Source Condo inventory has been rising more than single families as sales have been decreasing since 2023. Source Inventory rises when more sellers are listing than buyers are buying.

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Buyer’s vs. Seller’s Market: How to Tell the Difference

Assurance Financial

Because in a buyer’s market, there’s more housing inventory and lower prices, giving power to the buyer. In a market that favors buyers, sellers and their realtors have to put in a much greater effort to make their homes stand out through means of social media, open houses, and advertisements.

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Houston Real Estate Market Forecast: Current Data & 2022 Predictions

Houston Properties

The buying frenzy and low inventory we saw last year and will continue to see for better parts of this year may push buyers (specially if driven by bad advice from an unseasoned Realtor) to make bad decisions. Overall, right now properties are still actively going under contract. The biggest challenge right now is the low inventory.

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HINTS OF SHARP INCREASE IN NEW CONSTRUCTION

Will Springer Realtor

That’s the most since 2007. There are no signs of a real estate crisis, particularly in the Puget Sound region, where prices keep rising – up about 20% the past year and 68% in Seattle alone since 2016, by one measure – amid a dearth of inventory and surge of buyers. See the August housing report further below, if you dare!).