08/05/2023
✨August Market Stats✨
| slowing market |
📉Looking back at July sales data, the combination of summer travel, affordability with 7% interest rates, and the grid lock effect of sellers not wanting to sell in a market where 90% of homeowners have a interest rate below 6%😳(!!) — market activity has slowed in terms of 1. speed (longer days on market) 2. volume (fewer buyers buying & fewer sellers listing their homes) 3. price (down slightly month over month)
What does this mean for potential buyer and sellers?
🏡Buyers: in several price sectors the market power has shifted in buyer favor 👀Despite higher rates, ‘on the fence’ buyers have a *rare* leg up to negotiate price down, get seller rate buy downs (hugely helpful!), and negotiate on inspections. The most competitive/ toughest price point for buyers right now is between $500,000 and $750,000 due to tight inventory and higher buyer demand
*$680,0000 in 2023 was the $500,000 back in 2020 (34% appreciation since Covid times 🦠💰)
🚛Sellers: as stated before, sellers do not want to seller due almost ALL homeowners having a rate below 6% (no one wants to lose their low rate to buy a home with a higher rate…and until rates drop, ‘maybe’ sellers will continue being resistant to sell their home 🚫)
📈Inventory now is limited to homes being sold predominantly by sellers who are highly motivated by life events (baby, divorce, death) or those moving out of state.
🏦IF rates drops, expect a new flood of new inventory AND a flood of new buyers. 80% of ‘would be’ buyers are waiting for sub 6% rates.
✌🏼It can be almost guaranteed that a rate drop will be the END of any degree of buyer power in the market as demand will pick up drastically. Expect bidding wars and price escalations to become prevalent again.