We will see more new construction and existing homes hit the market within the next few weeks. There is still a strong demand for homes. Buyers are looking for lender creativity but will be happy with 5% loans. Inflation is not going away; home values will rise all...
March is one of the busiest months of the year.
There are plenty of buyers ready and willing, all they need are houses to buy. We expect more listings to come on the market as spring approaches, although the inventory levels will take time to get up to a good level. There are now 618 properties for sale, doubling...
Inventories will start to increase by the end of the month or the first of March.
Sales will remain steady, even though rates will be higher. Prices will ease slightly to accommodate the increase in mortgage rates. The local economy will be on solid ground.
February is one of the slowest months of the year historically.
we can expect the same this year if weather conditions continue to keep people inside or traveling south. Demand for housing continues and there is good reason to think the end of February and beginning of March will kick off the early spring market. Mortgage rates...
Typical January market should bring more homes to the market, increasing inventories.
Nervous sellers will drop their prices. Sales will be steady. Mortgage rates will be more attractive, either by rates dropping or lender creativity. The economy will soften and bring even more uncertainty to the market. All of this will level off and we will see a...
We will see a higher number of new listings coming on the market than we did in December.
People are still a little uncertain of what the market will do, but I see prices and mortgage rates holding steady over the next few months. After this, both will start to move up. We have a shortage of homes with strong demand. The hard part for buyers is accepting...
The new year will bring life to activite listings, more new listings will appear.
Mortgage rates will likely go higher. Sales will continue on a steady path. Home prices fell a little from the year’s high, but will stay steady going into spring.
December will see continued slowing of sales, mostly due to the holiday season.
Mortgage rates will ease, as they always do in December. Fewer new listings will come on the market, unless builders bring more homes to the market. Prices will soften. January will see more homes coming on the market, and we will see more sales, as we usually do in...
Inventories will fall during the Holiday season, as well as sales.
Mortgage rates may have topped and will either stay flat or decrease over the next month or so. We could see rates in the 5% to 6% range. Prices are holding steady as there will be enough buyers to support the inventory levels. The economy in the Sioux Empire will do...
We will see more new construction homes being placed on MLS.
Existing homes should flatten, overall inventories will go up. Sales will diminish, and it’ll take longer to sell. I was fooled by the Federal Reserve, I didn’t believe they were willing to drive the economy into a recession to stop inflation, but they are....
Inventories should remain level, if not increase a little before the Holidays.
Sales will stay flat for a few weeks and start to fade around Thanksgiving, as is common with increased activity the first of the year. Mortgage rates will continue to increase as long as the Federal Reserve raises rates. We expect inflation to be an issue for the...
We can expect inventories to increase slightly as we proceed into the late fall season.
Mortgage rates will continue to go up as long as the Federal Reserve increases the prime lending rate. Lenders will get creative with programs designed to give buyers temporary relief while the country works through this process of taming inflation - usually 18...
The Fall market is always active.
We expect this year to following suit. The number of homes for sale will increase. Expect more properties to come on the market. Sales and pricing should remain steady.
Mortgage rates have slowed the buying process down a little, but demand is still strong.
There are more sales, albeit buyers are more cautious. Prices remain steady for now. We may see prices soften slightly between now and the end of the year, although prices will still be higher year-over-year. It’s doubtful we’ll see prices fall below last year’s...
We’ll see more listings coming on the market
This will come from buyers who were afraid to list their house without having a new home purchased. Apparently, they feel more comfortable with choices now, and realize it’s important to sell first. This is a healthy market move. Sales will remain steady. Mortgage...
New homes coming on the market will be steady.
Sales will be strong, but we can expect to see some buyers pull-back and pause, waiting to see what the economy and rates will do. I doubt if we’ll see home prices drop, although we are headed toward a balanced market and sellers are starting to lose their advantage....
Rising Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve has decided it’s time to fight inflation by raising interest rates, thus mortgage rates will follow. It’s unfortunate the Federal Reserve can only control monetary policy when we also need a new energy policy to help push prices down. That doesn’t...