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Item Upon - Factors Contributing to the Down Real Estate Market
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The interesting thing about the length of time on market is how quickly investors have forgotten what a normal market looks like. Three years ago, 90 days on the market was the average for home sales in the Tampa area. We are back to that point again today. Check with your local Board of Realtors to see what the average length of time on market is today compared to three or four years ago. The down market you are experiencing may be more of a return to a normal market when you look at the numbers.
Unfortunately, what we are about to see is a second wave of houses coming on the market due to foreclos
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The buying opportunities in this market are huge and self-evident. We are in a buyers’ market. The problem for most investors is that they are afraid of getting stuck in a property, either not being able to sell or ending up upside down because of a drop in price or both.
There are several components that contribute to a down market and knowing what those components are can help you to find a way around them. Some common components of down markets are:
Too many houses on the market
Higher interest rates which limits the number of buyers
House prices over-inflated due to past hot market
Economic turmoil in an area
Media projecting continued down market/bubble burst
Let’s tackle them one by one. Too many houses on the market.
Too many houses on the market can be caused by either having too many people jumping on the bandwagon at the end of a hot market or it could be caused by an actual slowdown in sales. In today’s market in Tampa, FL, for example, houses are selling at about the same rate that they were selling last year at this time. However, because Tampa had such a hot market, people were motivated by the outrageous prices that they saw other people getting for their houses and everyone decided that this was the time to sell. Unfortunately, most “civilians” missed the hot market and got in too late. They put top of the market prices on their homes and have watched the houses sit on the market for three, six, even up to nine months. Unfortunately, over the past nine months, prices have corrected in the Tampa Bay market (and many other areas of the country) and have declined by an average of 10%. Sellers have been slow to lower their prices to meet with this new reality. Buyers are waiting for the other shoe to drop.
A symptom of a glut of houses on the market is an increased length of time that a house takes to sell. Why? There are more houses to buy than there are buyers to buy them. Simple supply and demand. When the supply is large, demand drops. Prices drop after demand drops. When prices drop, demand usually goes up. We are not yet at the slack tide point where prices bottom out and before demand goes up. Right now, prices are still dropping. It will be many more months before demand goes up again.
The interesting thing about the length of time on market is how quickly investors have forgotten what a normal market looks like. Three years ago, 90 days on the market was the average for home sales in the Tampa area. We are back to that point again today. Check with your local Board of Realtors to see what the average length of time on market is today compared to three or four years ago. The down market you are experiencing may be more of a return to a normal market when you look at the numbers.
Unfortunately, what we are about to see is a second wave of houses coming on the market due to foreclos
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There are several components that contribute to a down market and knowing what those components are can help you to find a way around them. Some common components of down markets are:
Too many houses on the market
Higher interest rates which limits the number of buyers
House prices over-inflated due to past hot market
Economic turmoil in an area
Media projecting continued down market/bubble burst
Let’s tackle them one by one. Too many houses on the market.
Too many houses on the market can be caused by either having too many people jumping on the bandwagon at the end of a hot market or it could be caused by an actual slowdown in sales. In today’s market in Tampa, FL, for example, houses are selling at about the same rate that they were selling last year at this time. However, because Tampa had such a hot market, people were motivated by the outrageous prices that they saw other people getting for their houses and everyone decided that this was the time to sell. Unfortunately, most “civilians” missed the hot market and got in too late. They put top of the market prices on their homes and have watched the houses sit on the market for three, six, even up to nine months. Unfortunately, over the past nine months, prices have corrected in the Tampa Bay market (and many other areas of the country) and have declined by an average of 10%. Sellers have been slow to lower their prices to meet with this new reality. Buyers are waiting for the other shoe to drop.
A symptom of a glut of houses on the market is an increased length of time that a house takes to sell. Why? There are more houses to buy than there are buyers to buy them. Simple supply and demand. When the supply is large, demand drops. Prices drop after demand drops. When prices drop, demand usually goes up. We are not yet at the slack tide point where prices bottom out and before demand goes up. Right now, prices are still dropping. It will be many more months before demand goes up again.
The interesting thing about the length of time on market is how quickly investors have forgotten what a normal market looks like. Three years ago, 90 days on the market was the average for home sales in the Tampa area. We are back to that point again today. Check with your local Board of Realtors to see what the average length of time on market is today compared to three or four years ago. The down market you are experiencing may be more of a return to a normal market when you look at the numbers.
Unfortunately, what we are about to see is a second wave of houses coming on the market due to foreclos
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A symptom of a glut of houses on the market is an increased length of time that a house takes to sell. Why? There are more houses to buy than there are buyers to buy them. Simple supply and demand. When the supply is large, demand drops. Prices drop after demand drops. When prices drop, demand usually goes up. We are not yet at the slack tide point where prices bottom out and before demand goes up. Right now, prices are still dropping. It will be many more months before demand goes up again.
The interesting thing about the length of time on market is how quickly investors have forgotten what a normal market looks like. Three years ago, 90 days on the market was the average for home sales in the Tampa area. We are back to that point again today. Check with your local Board of Realtors to see what the average length of time on market is today compared to three or four years ago. The down market you are experiencing may be more of a return to a normal market when you look at the numbers.
Unfortunately, what we are about to see is a second wave of houses coming on the market due to foreclos
If there is anything that will place a lot of demands on you as an internet marketer, it is your site promotion. You can't succeed online without being very visible and you can't become visible without promoting your site well.So how do you do much more with the little time on your hands (Just 24 hours for this and very many other things that demand your attention online and offline)? You can hire hands and pay cash if you have a huge budget. But, if you have a more modest budget, there is a way you can do it without paying them a dime (And they'll still love you for it!)...1) Make sure you have the best value you can give in the content you deliver on your site. So so content won't just do it. There are too many trashy sites out there. People want something of value. That's the only stuff they bookmark and recommend to friends. Don't take my word for it. Just check your own bookmarks. Are they not all sites you consider special?Once you achieve this, you get them talking about your site everywhere they go. And what form of site promotion is more effective than word of mouth referral from peer to peer? You'll achieve a lot more than you would with thousands of dollars if you can only give them content of such high value that will license them to rant and rave about your site. If you give them reasons to rave, they will at the very top of their lungs.2) Let them tap into your traffic. Yes, it has to be a symbiotic relationship. Let them benefit too without hurting your business. You can do this by adding comment ability to your site and allowing them to link back to their site. It is necessary to add some form of moderation to this so that it will not be abused.You can al
A symptom of a glut of houses on the market is an increased length of time that a house takes to sell. Why? There are more houses to buy than there are buyers to buy them. Simple supply and demand. When the supply is large, demand drops. Prices drop after demand drops. When prices drop, demand usually goes up. We are not yet at the slack tide point where prices bottom out and before demand goes up. Right now, prices are still dropping. It will be many more months before demand goes up again.
The interesting thing about the length of time on market is how quickly investors have forgotten what a normal market looks like. Three years ago, 90 days on the market was the average for home sales in the Tampa area. We are back to that point again today. Check with your local Board of Realtors to see what the average length of time on market is today compared to three or four years ago. The down market you are experiencing may be more of a return to a normal market when you look at the numbers.
Unfortunately, what we are about to see is a second wave of houses coming on the market due to foreclos
Recently, the Stephenville Chamber of Commerce presented a seminar entitled, "Reaching the Hispanic Population." The gist of the message? "The Hispanics are coming! The Hispanics are coming!" The marketplace had better get ready because the browning of America is happening VERY quickly and, as a whole, many of us are very unfamiliar with this market.But something else is happening on a daily basis and it is no respecter of businesses. It has been effecting marketing trends at a very slow and steady pace, well... from time in memoriam. What is this trend? It's the WRINKLING of America.One need not pour over demographic surveys in order to detect this change. Frankly, a quick look in the mirror is all it takes for most of us. One look at today's advertising messages can be very revealing as well. Anti-aging, wrinkle disguising lotions, white haired, flat-bellied couples walking hand-in-hand along the beach, mature spokespeople giving us that "been-there-done-that-try-it-THIS-way" look that inspires trust. Prescription pharmaceuticals, too, are everywhere, enough to make you sick!Experts expect that, in the next decade, the under-50 crowd will increase 1.5%. At the same time, the over-50 population will increase 41%. Many marketers are concerned about which segment they should be gearing the majority of their advertsiing dollar. My opinion? Unless your marketing is geared toward those who are genuine children in comparison (school kids, college kids, recent college grads), ALL marketing will have to take the needs of our maturing adult society into consideration. As an old school ad writer myself, if I were trying to market to this group, I'd be writing with empathy, asking older people
The interesting thing about the length of time on market is how quickly investors have forgotten what a normal market looks like. Three years ago, 90 days on the market was the average for home sales in the Tampa area. We are back to that point again today. Check with your local Board of Realtors to see what the average length of time on market is today compared to three or four years ago. The down market you are experiencing may be more of a return to a normal market when you look at the numbers.
Unfortunately, what we are about to see is a second wave of houses coming on the market due to foreclosure. There are many factors that are causing the foreclosure rate to double, even quadruple in some areas: rising taxes and insurance, adjustable rates rising, gas prices, even credit card minimum payments. We will talk about rising taxes and insurance rates in more detail, but don’t discount the drastic effect of rising gasoline prices and increased credit card minimum payments have had on homeowners.
The U.S. is a paycheck to paycheck society. A year ago, most families were one or two paychecks away from financial disaster. Many made up the shortfall by using credit cards and made the minimum monthly payment. When credit card companies increased the minimum payment, in some cases doubling the minimum due, people were not able to make the payment. Missing a payment or being late on a payment resulted in the credit card issuers upping the interest rate on the cards. If someone is having difficulty making a minimum payment on a card with a 10% interest rate, they certainly are not going to be able to make the minimum payment on a card that has risen to 19% or higher.
The effect of gasoline price increases is transparent at the pump. A tank that used to cost $20 to fill up now costs $40 or more. If you are filling your tank just once a week, that extra $80 a month is causing a pinch. Since most U.S. families are two-car households, there is now an extra $160 going out the door per month. That is close to $2,000 a year. Less apparent is the increase in the cost of consumer goods across the boards. Think about how goods are shipped in the U.S. The cost of trucking goods, from groceries to building supplies to clothing, has gone up due to rising gasoline prices. And that cost is passed on to the consumer.
People who used to live paycheck to paycheck are now one to two paychecks behind. If you want proof, go to an Amscot or any paycheck advance place and see the working people lined up. Higher Interest Rates Limit the Number of Buyers.
One of the contributing factors to our recent hot market was low interest rates. People who could never before afford a house were becoming homeowners, creating a whole new pool of buyers. Lower interest rates also meant that people could buy more house for their money because people buy based on the monthly payment. For example, a $225,000 mortgage at 8.5% interest would have a principle and interest payment of $1,717.82 The same mortgage at 5.5% interest comes in with a monthly payment of $1,271.67, a difference of almost $450. When people can buy more house for their money, the median house price tends to rise.
Conversely, when interest rates go up, monthly payments go up and many people have to buy a lowe
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