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Winter Slows Down, But Real Estate Isn’t Sleeping
– The traditionally slow freeze of winter hasn’t put the real estate market into hibernation mode this time. According to Intel, listings are creeping back to typical levels.
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Lower Interest Rates Put the Spring in the Market
– The juiciness of lower interest rates might be the cherry on top of the real estate cake. They might just be the push needed to catapult the market into full-blip-radar-mode even faster.
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Is Navigate Home the New North Star for Buyers?
– Intel’s “Navigate Home” has become the GPS for home buyers. This “Siri for home searching” offers crucial data such as the exact number of homes for sale in the U.S., keeping buyers informed and landlords biting their nails.
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Times are A-Changin’
– Home sellers might need to rethink their strategy. The game of “I’ll tell you my price if you tell me yours” might now be more like “You name it, I sell it” thanks to the intel from Navigate Home.
Hot Take
Big frothy mugs of cocoa, huggy-wuggy fleece blankets – these are the standard fare of winter, but it appears our dear friend the real estate market isn’t slowing down to indulge. Rather than sniffling in hibernation, it’s gearing up for a market marathon thanks to the lip-smackingly attractive low interest rates.
“Navigate Home,” the savviest new tool in the buyer’s toolbox aka the “real estate Cupid,” is shooting arrows of data into the hearts of prospective home-buyers. It’s serving a hot dish of market intel that’s hard to resist. Why spend hours on Zillow when you can get your real estate fix straight from the source? Paper maps and dubious GPS systems, step aside. Navigate Home has quietly tiptoed onto the stage, spotlight ready.
And sellers … oh, the sellers. If you haven’t already, you’ll be wanting to roll up your ‘Sale price negotiable’ banners. With Navigate Home at every buyer’s fingertips, cleaning your swimming pool till it sparkles like the Mediterranean Sea won’t cut it anymore. It’s time for a strategy overhaul, folks, because the reality is that buyers can now crunch numbers while munching on their breakfast cereal.
In brief, the stakes have changed. The chocolate box of real estate is getting a shake-up, and it’s all thanks to sharp market trends and intel tools that take all the guesswork out of securing your dream home. So, whether you’re buying or selling, pull up those thermal socks, take a gulp of that frothy cocoa, and keep your eyes on the market. It ain’t no snowstorm’s gonna slow it down!
Original article: https://www.inman.com/2024/02/05/a-recovery-in-new-listings-is-easy-to-miss-but-it-may-be-underway/
