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Is The Real Estate Market Shifting?

Birmingham Appraisal

The first is that sales could be slowing down while new listings continue to enter the market. The net effect would be an increase in the listing count. The second reason could be that sales are continuing at a normal rate and there is an abnormal spike in new listings. appeared first on Birmingham Appraisal Blog.

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Will Springer Realtor - Untitled Article

Will Springer Realtor

>> The number of people working in downtown Seattle offices is about 52% of the daily foot traffic seen in 2019 – a year before the start of the pandemic. We are seeing more homes for sale in submarkets – except for Mercer Island and Woodinville, where active listings are down 30%+ – compared with a year ago.

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Eastside Residential Market Sees Big Gains in Sales, Prices

Will Springer Realtor

It was particularly true on the Eastside, where sales surged 52% from February to March and 9% year-on-year (YoY) and inventory narrowed to under a month (29 days) before all homes for sale would theoretically be under contract if no others hit the market. So, multiple years of rates staying higher will get us slowly back to 2019 levels. “If

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King County Home Buyers and Sellers in ‘Re-Evaluation’ Mode

Will Springer Realtor

Ah, for the good old days of 2019 – when we could stomach home prices closer to the mid-million-dollar mark and housing options were somewhat plentiful amid a mildly competitive buyer environment. King County new listings fell 13% from June to July (2158), led by a 20% slide in Seattle (690). The county saw a 4.9% drop (542).

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May Housing Prices Set Record Highs Despite Signs of Pending Slowdown

Will Springer Realtor

The number of homes going under contract fell from April to May by 13% in Seattle to 876 units and slipped 1.2% In addition, the rate of Seattle homes under contract within 30 days on the market fell from 62% in April to 57% last month; Eastside homes found buyers in four weeks or less 71% of the time in May, down from 74% in April.

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CITIES FACE DAUNTING OFFICE-VACANCY CHALLENGE

Will Springer Realtor

urban centers remain mostly higher than in 2019. The national office vacancy rate stands at 16% through March , up from 11% at the end of 2019 – just before life changed for you, me and the world. Check out my blog post on the topic. New single-family-home listings rose 3.8% Office vacancies in U.S.

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100+ YEARS IN, ZONING LAWS INCH TOWARD HOUSING EQUITY

Will Springer Realtor

King County acknowledged receiving a little under $1B in federal aid for homelessness and housing since 2019, yet the local homeless rate rose 14% this past year. First a look at September’s numbers: A wave of last-chance listings for the year hit the market after Labor Day. The blog has recently focused on helping home buyers.

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