Mortgage rates have more than doubled in a matter of months. This is making homes much less affordable for today’s buyers. It’s also softening the strong seller’s market we’ve experienced over the last few years. Because of this, it’s important for home sellers to use all of the tools at their disposal to make their homes as marketable as possible. It’s equally important for home buyers to make their home purchases as affordable as they can. One way you can do this is with an interest rate buydown. An interest rate buydown reduces the monthly mortgage payment for the home buying borrower.
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North County and San Diego Housing Markets September 2022
North County and San Diego housing markets continue to see month-over drops in prices, longer market times and lower selling verses asking prices. But what we are no longer seeing is an increase in inventory.
Continue reading North County and San Diego Housing Markets September 20228 Strategies to Secure a Lower Mortgage Rate
Mortgage rates have been on a roller coaster ride this year. The Fed is saying they are open to more rate hikes to fight inflation. With proper planning, you can work toward qualifying for a lower mortgage rate and, hopefully, the best mortgage rate available today.
Continue reading 8 Strategies to Secure a Lower Mortgage RateNorth County and San Diego Housing Markets July 2022
The North County and San Diego County housing markets are slowing. Since April, we’ve seen an increase in supply with fewer pending and sold homes. Market times have increased, but only slightly. And although homes still sold over asking price in June, those numbers also dropped.
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North County and San Diego housing markets saw just an inkling of easing in May, but still stayed very strong. With interest rates pushing up to six percent in June, experts expect more slowing. Looking at the numbers so far for June compared to those of May, we are seeing some slowdown. But don’t expect much change in the market just yet. Inventory is still very low. Homes are still moving quickly with many selling over their asking price.
Continue reading North County and San Diego Housing Markets June 2022Rising Mortgage Rates, Short Supply: The State of Real Estate in 2022
The last two years caught many of us off guard, and not just because of the pandemic. They also ushered in the hottest housing market on record. Low mortgage rates paired with a supply shortage drove home prices up nationally by nearly 19% in 2021.
Continue reading Rising Mortgage Rates, Short Supply: The State of Real Estate in 2022North County and San Diego Housing Markets May 2022
Change is in the air, but North County and San Diego housing markets are just starting to feel it. Nationally, mortgage applications are down, home touring activity dropped by 24 percent between January 1 and May 1, and more sellers are lowering their asking prices.
Continue reading North County and San Diego Housing Markets May 2022North County and San Diego Housing Markets April 2022
Even with high inflation and rising interest rates, we had another record-breaking month in the North County and San Diego housing markets. Year-over prices in North County were up a whopping 25 percent, and homes sold at 106.7 percent of their asking prices!
Continue reading North County and San Diego Housing Markets April 2022North County and San Diego Housing Markets March 2022
The February North County and San Diego housing markets looked a lot like they did in January, just a little crazier. Although year-over appreciation numbers weren’t quite as high, homes sold at 105.5 percent of their asking prices countywide, and inventory remained at a very low 0.5 months.
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December brought an even tighter inventory squeeze to North County and San Diego housing markets keeping strong upward pressure on home prices. Following November’s pattern, we saw a drop in pending and closed sales, but an even larger decrease in new listings. This kept median, year-over price increases at 17.6 percent in North County and 16.7 percent countywide.
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