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What Homeowners Want To Know About Selling in Today's Market

If you’re thinking about selling your house, you’re likely hearing about the cooling housing market and wondering what that means for you. While it’s not the peak intensity we saw during the pandemic, we’re still in a sellers’ market. That means you haven’t missed your window. realtor.com ® explains: 

“. . . While prospective home sellers may lament that they missed their prime window, in reality, this is still a terrific time to sell. In fact, according to a recent realtor.com® home seller survey, 95% of sellers who sold their home in the past year got more than they paid for it. 

Nonetheless, some of the more prominent pandemic trends have changed, so sellers might wish to adjust accordingly to get the best deal possible.” 

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Should You Update Your House Before You Sell? Ask us at The Aaronson Group [Infographic]

• Connect with us at The Aaronson Group so you can get answers to these questions about updating your home during today’s housing market. Contact 949-388-5194 or email: info@previewochomes.com

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Mortgage Rates Will Come Down, It's Just a Matter of Time

This past year, rising mortgage rates have slowed the red-hot housing market. Over the past nine months, we’ve seen fewer homes sold than the previous month as home price growth has slowed. All of this is due to the fact that the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has doubled this year, severely limiting homebuying power for consumers. And, this month, the average rate for financing a home briefly rose over 7% before coming back down into the high 6% range. But we’re starting to see a hint of what mortgage interest rates could look like next year. 

Inflation Is the Enemy of Long-Term Interest Rates 

As long as inflation is high, we’ll see higher mortgage rates. Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve seen indications that…

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Top Questions About Selling Your Home This Winter

 There’s no denying the housing market is undergoing a shift this season, and that may leave you with some questions about whether it still makes sense to sell your house. Here are three of the top questions you may be asking – and the data that helps answer them – so you can make a confident decision. 

1. Should I wait to sell? 

Even though the supply of homes for sale has increased in 2022, inventory is still low overall. That means it’s still a sellers’ market. The graph below helps put the inventory growth into perspective. Using data from the national association of realtors (NAR), it shows just how far off we are from flipping to a buyers’ market: 

While buyers have regained some negotiation power as…

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Home Equity: A Source of Strength for Homeowners Today

Experts agree there’s no chance of a large-scale foreclosure crisis like we saw back in 2008, and that’s good news for the housing market. As Mark Fleming, Chief Economist at First American, says: 

“. . . don’t expect a housing bust like the mid-2000s, as lending standards in this housing cycle have been much tighter and homeowners have historically high levels of home equity, so there likely won’t be a surge in foreclosures.” 

Data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) helps tell this story. It shows the overall percentage of homeowners at risk is decreasing significantly with time (see graph below): 

But even though the volume of homeowners at risk is very low, there is still a small percentage of…

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What's Ahead for Mortgage Rates and Home Prices?

Now that the end of 2022 is within sight, you may be wondering what’s going to happen in the housing market next year and what that may mean if you’re thinking about buying a home. Here’s a look at the latest expert insights on both mortgage rates and home prices so you can make your best move possible. 

Mortgage Rates Will Continue to Respond to Inflation 

There’s no doubt mortgage rates have skyrocketed this year as the market responded to high inflation. The increases we’ve seen were fast and dramatic, and the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate even surpassed 7% at the end of last month. In fact, it’s the first time they’ve risen this high in over 20 years (see graph below): 

In their latest quarterly…

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3 Trends That Are Good News for Today's Homebuyers

While higher mortgage rates are creating affordability challenges for homebuyers this year, there is some good news for those people still looking to buy a home. 

As the market has cooled this year, some of the intensity buyers faced during the peak frenzy of the pandemic has cooled too. Here are just a few trends that may benefit you when you go to buy a home today. 

1. More Homes to Choose from 

During the pandemic, housing supply hit a record low at the same time buyer demand skyrocketed. This combination made it difficult to find a home because there just weren’t enough to meet buyer demand. According to Calculated Risk, the supply of homes for sale increased by 39.5%for the week ending October 28 compared to the…

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Why Today's Housing Market is Not Like 2008

With all the headlines and talk in the media about the shift in the housing market, you might be thinking this is a housing bubble. It’s only natural for those thoughts to creep in that make you think it could be a repeat of what took place in 2008. But the good news is, there’s concrete data to show why this is nothing like the last time. 

There’s Still a Shortage of Homes on the Market Today, not a Surplus 

For historical context, there were too many homes for sale during the housing crisis (many of which were short sales and foreclosures), and that caused prices to fall dramatically. Supply has increased since the start of this year, but there’s still a shortage of inventory available overall, primarily due to almost 15 years…

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What Happens to Housing When There is a Recession?

Since the 2008 housing bubble burst, the word recession strikes a stronger emotional chord than it ever did before. And while there’s some debate around whether we’re officially in a recession right now, the good news is experts say a recession today would likely be mild and the economy would rebound quickly. As the 2022 CEO Outlook from KPMG says: 

“Global CEOs see a ‘mild and short’ recession, yet optimistic about global economy over 3-year horizon . . . 

More than 8 out of 10 anticipate a recession over the next 12 months, with more than half expecting it to be mild and short.” 

To add to that sentiment, housing is typically one of the first sectors to rebound during a slowdown. As Ali Wolf, Chief Economist…

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3 Questions You May Be Asking About Selling Your House Today [Infographic]

• If you’re planning to sell your house this year, you likely have questions about what the shift in the housing market means for your home sale.
• You might be wondering: Should I wait to sell? Are buyers still out there? And can I afford to buy my next home?
• Connect with us at The Aaronson Group so you can get answers to these questions and learn about the opportunities you still have in today’s housing market. Contact 949-388-5194 or email: info@previewochomes.com

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