When you are saying that the Cary North Carolina market has a low inventory it depends on what you are comparing it too. Are you comparing it to the number of homes on the market last year at the same time? Are you comparing it to homes in a price range? Or even homes in a certain area?
According to Reuters, “U.S. home sales fell more than expected in December as the supply of houses on the market dropped to a record low, pushing up prices and sidelining some potential first-time buyers”. They also said, A shortage of affordable homes for sale will frustrate the ambitions of many first-time buyers. First-time home buyers are forced to stay in rental market longer than planned. This information was provided by Matthew Pointon, property economist at Capital Economics in New York.
“We expect little growth in sales in 2018, given tight inventories,” said Gregory Daco, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics in New York. Affordability is crimped by rising mortgage rates, posing an additional headwind to sales.
The Cary North Carolina market will fluctuate depending on price and area of the property. A 6 month supply of property often considered to be a balance market by that National Association of REALTORS®. When homes sell faster than 6 months it is considered to be a seller’s market. Likewise, when homes take longer than 6 months to sell that is considered a buyers’ market.
Everyone knows that supply and demand affect price. When the so called “Housing Bubble”, the demand decreased so much that the supply increased to 4 million houses or more. The prices of homes took a beating. Also, the increased inventories of foreclosures, short sales, bank refusing to loan and the home building industries lack on new housing starts all contributed to very low home prices.
“New construction has showed signs of perking up, but remains well below estimates of demand,” said Aaron Terrazas, as senior economist at Zillow. “More importantly, builders face rising labor, materials and land costs making it difficult to build at a price point attractive to entry-level buyers”.
Since that time the economy has improved, and banks have started to lower requirements, interest rates have stayed low and foreclosures have slowed. Inventory nationwide is reduced to approximately 2 million homes. When demand is at a constant level and inventory is reduced, home prices trend upwards. This is because there are the same number of buyers trying to buy less number of homes.
Mortgage rates are now climbing each week in 2018 and consumer confidence level is going up. This means that Cary North Carolina market is having an increase in demand. Buyers are now noticing that home prices are increasing.
Spring is almost here and that is the normal busy time of year. Home prices are going up and inventory is dropping. So it is time to decide what you want to do before it is too late.
Check Out The Current Market Updates For Our Area
- Durham-County-Market-Report
- Entire-Triangle-Region-Market-Report
- Housing Inventory Report
- Cary-Apex-Morrisville Market Update
- Chapel-Hill-Carrboro-Market-Report
If you’re curious to know what inventory conditions are for your specific market, contact us with the price range and area and I’ll send you a report.