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Price Adjustments and the 2023 Market

Lamacchia Realty

PRICE ADJUSTMENTS AND THE 2023 MARKET In March 2022, it was clear that the market was changing from a frenzied post-pandemic scene to one where it was assumed that rising mortgage rates would slow it down and help inventory finally rise back up. Inventory didn’t increase at the rate most assumed it would.

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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. For the past few years, with inventory at historically low levels , sellers were coming pretty close to naming their price and buyers were paying.

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Price Adjustments in 2021: Tis the Season

Lamacchia Realty

Inventory is still very tight despite a slight increase, and as you can see in the chart below from our Massachusetts Updates page , the percentage of homes placed under agreement out of total inventory is still higher than it ever has been but its noticeably lower than it was in the first six months of the year.

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Housing Statistics for Beginners, Part 2

Birmingham Appraisal

In this post we’ll discuss average and median sold price, average days on the market (DOM), and months of inventory. The Alabama Center for Real Estate provides helpful charts and statistics from data it gets from The Alabama Association of Realtors. In my last post, I discussed statistics related to supply and demand.

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Can a New Construction Sale be Used as a Comp for an Older Home?

Birmingham Appraisal

Prices have held steady and even increased in some areas due to limited inventory. What is bracketing and why should Realtors do it? A Different Market I think we can all agree that the real estate market we are currently in, as of the writing of this post, is not the same one we were in from 2020 to 2022.

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Median income earners can only afford 25% of current listings

Housing Wire

It is no secret that housing inventory is low. households earn $75,000 or less, meaning that in a balanced market, 51% of the homes for sale would be affordable to buyers in this income bracket. As income levels increase, however, the disparity decreases between current inventory and the inventory needed for a balanced market.

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Can New Construction Sales be Used in an Appraisal of an Older Home?

Birmingham Appraisal

Prices have held steady and even increased in some areas due to limited inventory. What is bracketing and why should Realtors do it? A Different Market I think we can all agree that the real estate market we are currently in, as of the writing of this post, is not the same one we were in from 2020 to 2022.