Although the inventory of new homes on the market remained at near record lows last month, home prices rose to their highest level in five years. The current inventory would take 4.5 months to clear, mirroring July’s data. The median price of a home rose by over 11% to $256,000, a point not seen since […]
Twenty-nine year old Cochran lives in Dayton, Ohio. He is a Real Estate Investor who has flipped over 150 real estate deals in his 11-year career. He started his career doing a lot of rehabbing, and then he bought a HUD house for $18.47 and got hooked on wholesaling homes for big profits. Once he […]
This week the National Association of Realtors announced that the average amount of time a home is on the market has gone from 98 days at this time last year to just 69 days. In fact, one third of the houses on entering the market sold in less than a month. The trend reflects increased buyer […]
Earlier this week CoreLogic reported that year over year home prices rose to the highest point since August 2006 – 3.8%. On top of that, July marked the fifth straight month over month increase. CoreLogic chief economist, Mark Fleming, indicated that this growth is likely to result in price gains for the rest of the year. […]
Where are the best markets in the country for buying and selling houses? Zillow recently ranked the top 10 markets to find out where buyers or sellers hold the most power. Zillow defines a buyer’s market as one in which “buyers have more bargaining power” because houses tend to stay on the market longer and […]
Sometimes, for whatever reason, home sellers just don’t want to publicize the fast that they are selling their house. In this case, the house is a “pocket listing,” and it is not listed on the MLS. Instead, it is marketed directly by a real estate agent or broker. This gives the seller more control over […]
