With interest rates slightly rising and inventory moving it feels good to be an asset to my clients these days. I know we have all been through the whirlwind but most of us have made it and came out stronger on the other side.
Just last week I had an Open House on a cold dreary Sunday at a new listing I just recently acquired in Bristow and had an astonishing nine groups of people through the door in just a few hours. If you have ever been to and Open in the past few years you might have heard the crickets in the background and the tumbleweeds rolling past your feet. TODAY is a new day and consumers are much more confident and it just feels different…a good different.
Even in recent articles from many top economists they are predicting that job growth will provide a stronger stimulus for home sales this year more so than that of the tax credit in 2010. With consumers making larger purchases such as furniture and new automobiles there is a better sense of job security in the years to come. When you’re out there pounding the pavement keep and eye out for how many homes are standard sales as opposed to short sales or foreclosures, you might just be surprised and you may even be more surprised of the price tag. Sometimes waiting three to six months for a short sale or getting a great deal on a foreclosure then having to spend money out of your pocket that makes up for the great deal you just got does not always have to be your only options.
I believe we are on an up curve headed into 2011 and the excitement is building; a new year with better opportunity and greater possibilities!
Tags: 2011, consumer, economist, foreclosure, home sales, inventory, job security, moving, Open House, purchase, short sale, standard sale, stimulus, tax credit
