{"id":9578,"date":"2023-12-18T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/?p=9578"},"modified":"2023-12-18T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T11:30:00","slug":"why-now-is-still-a-great-time-to-sell-your-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/?p=9578","title":{"rendered":"Why Now Is Still a Great Time To Sell Your House"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Why<\/p>\n

If you were worried buyer demand<\/a> disappeared when mortgage rates went up, the data shows there are plenty of interested buyers<\/a> still out there. The housing market<\/a> isn’t as frenzied as it was during the \u2018unicorn\u2019 years<\/a> when buyer demand was through the roof, mortgage rates were historically low, and home values rose like we\u2019ve never seen before. But that doesn\u2019t mean the market is at a standstill.<\/p>\n

Nationally, demand is still high compared to the last normal years in the housing market and plenty of buyers are making moves right now. Here\u2019s the data to prove it.<\/p>\n

Showing Traffic Is Up<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The ShowingTime Showing Index<\/em><\/a> is a measure of how frequently buyers are touring homes. The graph below uses that index to show buyer activity over the past eight Octobers:<\/p>\n

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In the graph, the \u2018unicorn\u2019 years are shown in pink. You can see demand has dipped some since then. That\u2019s in response to higher mortgage rates. But, when you compare 2023 to the blue bars on the left that represent the last normal years in the market (2018-2019), you can tell buyers<\/a> are still more active than the norm.<\/p>\n

But showing traffic isn\u2019t the only way to see buyer demand<\/a> is still high. The number of offers other sellers are getting and the average days homes are on the market tell the same story.<\/p>\n

Sellers Are Still Seeing Multiple Offers<\/strong><\/h4>\n

According to the latest data<\/a> from the National Association of Realtors<\/em> (NAR), sellers are receiving an average of 2.5 offers<\/a> on their houses. Let\u2019s look at how that compares to recent years (see graph below<\/em>):<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s true that\u2019s fewer than the number of offers sellers were receiving during the \u2018unicorn\u2019 years (shown in pink<\/em>). But compared to last year, the number is up slightly. And it\u2019s higher than it was in the more normal, pre-\u2018unicorn\u2019 years in the housing market too.<\/p>\n

Homes Priced Right Are Selling Fast<\/strong><\/h4>\n

And it\u2019s not just that sellers are still typically getting multiple offers more than the norm, they\u2019re also seeing their homes sell fast. That\u2019s a direct result of strong buyer demand. According to Zillow<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201c. . . low inventory levels are spurring surprisingly <\/em>strong competition<\/em><\/strong> . . . <\/em>demand has remained resilient, and attractive, appropriately priced listings are moving quickly<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To help showcase that homes for sale are still going quickly, let\u2019s look at data<\/a> from NAR on the median days on market for this same time of year from 2018 through now (see graph below):<\/em><\/p>\n

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As the graph shows, this year homes are sitting on the market only slightly longer than they were during the frenzy of the \u2018unicorn\u2019 years. And compared to the last normal years in the market, homes are still selling much faster than they did back then. That\u2019s good news for sellers because it means there are eager buyers out there right now.<\/p>\n

Bottom Line<\/h3>\n

You haven’t missed your chance to sell at a time when sellers are receiving multiple offers, and homes are selling fast. When you\u2019re ready to sell your house, connect with a local real estate agent to get the ball rolling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Why<\/p>\n

If you were worried buyer demand disappeared when mortgage rates went up, the data shows there are plenty of interested buyers still out there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,85,86,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-for-sellers","category-housing-market-updates","category-selling-myths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sfloridaluxuryhomes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}