Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Housing Inventory continues to dip, while Closed Sales Increase



For those of us with little patience, the slowly improving real estate market can be painful.  Most real estate markets swing like a pendulum from a buyer's market to a seller's market within 6 months.  However, this swing is taking much longer than any other in history.  The good news is we are seeing improvement.  Despite the recent rise in interest rates, closed sales volume has slightly increased along with minor improvements in home pricing.  If you are thinking about getting that bigger home, your opportunity to capitalize on the real estate market may be dwindling.  The improvement can be contributed to the lack of inventory along with the decreasing amount of foreclosures on the market.    Right now, the economy could certainly use a little help with consumer confidence and lower un-employment figures.  I believe the real estate economy is what turned our economic conditions and I believe it will be the real estate market that pulls us out of it.  



 

Article Written by: Daniel J. Smith