Monday, February 27, 2012

Have We Found the Bottom to the Housing Market?

Home sales across the board, comparing 3Q2010 and 3Q2011, have increase, activity increased 1.7%, latest patterns offers signs of a finding a bottom to the housing bust.

Next year, the market will continue to work through the shadow inventory of foreclosures. Banks will not flood the market with foreclosures, that would further weakening the housing market, but we will continue to see a steady stream. In Texas is below 30% foreclosure and we fair better than other states in foreclosure because we did not see the appreciation in home values other states achieved in their market.

What does this mean in the Austin market? For buyers there are still deals to be found. However in the Austin market, we have 100% saturation in apartment rentals, and rents all over Austin are increasing we will see more and more qualified buyers move off the fence. Sellers are still holding tight. We are experiencing a low number of listings but ever increasing sales. The best homes that are price competitively are going fast.

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