Housing Market Updates | Brandon Findley

Are Home Prices Softening or Are They Falling?

by Brandon Findley | Sep 27, 2018 | First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Move-Up Buyers, Pricing

We are beginning to see reports that more housing inventory is coming to the market and that buyer demand may not be increasing at the same pace it did earlier this year. The result will be many headlines written to address the impact that these two situations will...

How Much Has Your Home Increased in Value?

by Brandon Findley | Sep 24, 2018 | First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Move-Up Buyers, Pricing

Home values have risen dramatically over the last twelve months. In CoreLogic’s most recent Home Price Index Report, they revealed that national home prices have increased by 6.2% year-over-year. CoreLogic broke down appreciation even further into four price ranges,...

Is the Real Estate Market Finally Getting Back to Normal?

by Brandon Findley | Sep 20, 2018 | For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Updates

The housing market has been anything but normal for the last eleven years. In a normal real estate market, home prices appreciate 3.7% annually. Below, however, are the price swings since 2007 according to the latest Home Price Expectation Survey: After the bubble...

25% of Homes with a Mortgage are Now Equity Rich!

by Brandon Findley | Sep 19, 2018 | For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Move-Up Buyers

Rising home prices have been in the news a lot lately and much of the focus has been on whether home prices are accelerating too quickly, as well as how sustainable the growth in prices really is. One of the often-overlooked benefits of rising prices, however, is the...

If You Are Thinking of Selling? You Must Act NOW!

by Brandon Findley | Sep 17, 2018 | For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Move-Up Buyers

If you thought about selling your house this year, now more than ever may be the time to do it! The inventory of homes for sale is well below historic norms and buyer demand is skyrocketing. We were still in high school when we learned about the concept of supply and...

Are Homebuyers Starting to Hit the ‘Pause’ Button?

by Brandon Findley | Sep 13, 2018 | First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Move-Up Buyers

For the last several years, buyer demand has far exceeded the housing supply available for sale. This low supply and high demand have led to home prices appreciating by an average of 6.2% annually since 2012. With this being said, three of the four major reports used...