Is your hot seller’s market over? How to recognize a slowdown and pivot

Do you have a strategy to thrive in a market slowdown? Agents who survive down markets do so by having a balance between aggressively priced listings and motivated buyers. Here’s how to make sure you always strike that balance, regardless of market.
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Facing a buyer’s market? 5 pivots listing agents must make

Based on the numbers and our personal experience of a larger number of prospects shopping but not buying, we suspect the seller’s market is about over. Here are five areas listing agents need to rethink and focus on when buyers are calling the shots. Continue reading

Home profit margins soften nationwide

Homeowners who sold their home in Q1 2019 experienced an average price gain of $57,500 since purchase — a $2,500 quarter-over-quarter decline from Q4 2018 and a $767 year-over-year increase from Q1 2018. Continue reading

How to explain to sellers that the market is turning

Sales are down, prices are flat and real estate professionals across the U.S. are seeing signs of a housing market slowdown. But there’s one group that might not yet have gotten the memo: sellers. Continue reading

As sales cool, Realtors predict a flat 2019

Realtors, real estate observers, and Inman readers are all reading the tea leaves and predicting a 2019 dominated by a flattening market and little growth. Continue reading

Uh-oh: high-risk home loans are on the rise again

Now that these buyers have relatively easy access to credit (albeit high-risk) they’re snapping up homes at the lowest price tier and driving up home prices… Continue reading