Cutting-edge technology was once a de rigueur residential amenity for any eight-figure listing, along with elaborate home gyms, zero-edge swimming pools and 12-car garages. It’s becoming nearly impossible to find a fridge, toaster or LED light that isn’t Wi-Fi-enabled...
Jim the Realtor
Trendy Tuesday – Natalie
The whole Klinge family is attending the 1000Watt Brand & Marketing Summit in Dallas this week - yeehaw! One of today's speakers dove into AI and how agents can use it to save hours of time doing mundane work. But I think everyone could benefit from these tidbits!...
Quantifying A Buyer’s Market
Let's compare the start of 2025 to previous years. The last obvious buyer's market was in 2009, and in the graph above you can see how the supply swamped the demand. This year, sales have been strong and the supply is still relatively muted. Cash sales are a major...
Reverse Offer
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Rates Move Higher
So much for lower rates! https://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/markets/mortgage-rates-04072025 We're not in a buyer's market is because sellers have to agree to it AND move down on price - if they don't, then the market is just loitering. Sellers have the right to hold...
Buyer’s Market?
Are we in a buyer's market? No, not yet. For a buyer's market to actually happen, it would take sellers to acknowledge it, and act accordingly. Acknowledging it means lowering their price until they get offers, and then cut a deal with one of them. We're a long ways...
Inventory Watch
In 1Q25, there were 410 sales - which was +8% YoY! There are 419 NSDCC active listings today. This probably reflects the normal optimism, but with prices this high, you have to think that there are going to be a lot of disappointed sellers: The $0 – $2,000,000 Market:...
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NSDCC Over List, March
The over-list sales in March were down YoY, but the sales and pricing are holding up. It's just more mellow? There were 46 sales that closed over their list price, and 76% of those were under $3,000,000. Statistically, the first quarter of 2025 looked a lot like it...
REO Follow Up
A guy commented on an old REO video that was one of my favorites of all-time. I remember it not only because an ice-cream truck was featured in the video (like so many of my REO videos back in the day) but also because a neighbor busted my chops for parking on the...