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In it I included a year over year chart of all sales through the local MLS back to 2005. This information clearly shows a declining trend from the 2005 data down to a low point between 2009 and 2011. Buyers, sellers, and the Realtors who work with them are adaptable, and some transactions have continued via virtual showings.
In fact, our REALTORS had multiple properties that had over 30 offers! From offering dramatically over asking price, putting down massive deposits, waiving home inspection contingencies or not doing home inspections at all, waiving mortgage contingencies, agreeing to close whenever sellers want, and more. But not in 2021.
Furthermore, potential sellers with covid-era mortgage rates of around 3% weren’t listing because they’d have to give up that historic rate and trade it for one that is likely two times higher or more. Many sellers are holding the line, and buyers continue to face competition. Sellers then become the ones who need to compete.
Source Inventory rises when more sellers are listing than buyers are buying. When there are market changes it often takes sellers time to first realize it and then be willing to accept it. This can be particularly important in a buyer’s market, where buyers have many options and sellers need to stand out.
For the past few years, with inventory at historically low levels , sellers were coming pretty close to naming their price and buyers were paying. The low rates made it possible to offer more on a home as the cost of borrowing was lower and therefore, sellers weren’t the ones competing, buyers were. The same will be true for sellers.
Below is a graph that illustrates home sales per year since 2005. Below is a graph that illustrates monthly home prices since 2005. Prices very clearly skyrocketed in 2021 when compared to previous years, again because demand was so high and supply was so low, sellers could almost name their price. 2021 Sales by Month.
Many sellers were reluctant to list due to low pre-pandemic mortgage rates, but increased activity emerged from necessity and life changes , with competitive pricing becoming essential. The market began as a sellers market but shifted toward buyers with a burst of activity later in the year, and a rebound is expected in 2025.
Furthermore, potential sellers with covid-era mortgage rates of around 3% aren’t actually listing because it means they’d have to give up that historic rate and trade it in for one that is two to three times higher. Fewer sellers need to adjust their price because, again, it’s a seller’s market. It means they’re down.
Buyers have had more money to work with due to the low mortgage rates , and sellers who actually listed their properties were given the pick of the litter in multiple offer situations where most of the time, the homes were selling for over asking. It comes with a negative stigma for sellers to hear that a price adjustment is recommended.
Sellers kept listing, albeit, at a much slower pace, and buyers were buying at the highest rate in over 15 years, absorbing inventory faster than ever. A housing crash on a chart looks like what you see in January of 2005-January of 2007; that spike in available inventory of homes for sale means supply is high and demand is low.
Many sellers hesitated to list due to low pre-pandemic mortgage rates, but necessity and life changes drove increased activity, making competitive pricing critical. The market initially favored sellers at the start of the year but later saw a surge in activity that benefited buyers. 2024 was the first growth year since 2020.
A very specific set of circumstances are bringing opportunities for both homebuyers and sellers. percent and was the highest year-over-year gain since November 2005. The takeaway: Current — likely to be once-in-a-lifetime — market conditions show that it’s a great time to be a buyer or a seller.
To get a real price crash, we would need to see a surge of housing inventory and distressed sellers. The National Association of Realtors ‘ existing home sales report shows home sales dropped only 1.0% from August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.84 million in September. History disagrees with this assertion.
I have not done any residential lender appraisals since 2005. 2) Herd mentality – Each seller will be keenly watching the other sellers to see how they respond. As Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors, noted, the rate cut could stoke demand without addressing the ongoing supply constraints.
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