After years of speculation about mortgage interest rates, the Federal Reserve has begun increasing the Fed Funds Rate. The Fed Funds rate sets the cost of borrowing for the banks, and consequently the cost of mortgages for homebuyers. With additional moves at hand, there is concern that more expensive mortgage rates could hamper the housing […]
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Columbus Ohio Housing Market Report – September 2017
Central Ohio home sales hit record high in September Central Ohio saw record home sales in September, due in large part to the record number of homes added to the market in August. There were 2,869 central Ohio homes and condos sold during the month of September, an 8.3% increase over the previous year and […]
Columbus Ohio Housing Market Report – August 2017
Homes are still selling quickly in central Ohio Homes spent an average of 27 days on the market during the month of August, which is one day less than July and eight days fewer than August 2016. This is yet another record low for central Ohio, according to the Columbus REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service (MLS). […]
Columbus Ohio Housing Market Report – July 2017
Inventory levels are creeping up Central Ohio housing inventory continued to increase during the month of July to 5,498, an 8.3% increase over June, although still down 14.1% from July 2016. This left central Ohio with a 2.0 months supply of inventory at the current sales pace, according to the Columbus REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service. […]
Columbus Housing Market Report – May 2017
Home prices setting records in central Ohio Across the nation existing-home sales bloomed in May, with the median days on market at a new low and the median sales price at a new high. The job market in most of the country is healthy and the recent downward trend in mortgage rates continues to keep […]
Housing Market in Need of More New Homes
We need more houses. It’s going to take a long time until we have enough. Check out what happened during and after the housing bust that began in 2008: Single-family house construction cratered. House completions have recovered a bit since 2011, but they’re barely above the depths of the 1982 recession. Single-family home construction is […]
Attention Home Shoppers… You Now Have More Leverage
Home Buyer Advantage Starts Now If you’ve been aching to buy a home but haven’t been able to seal the deal— we feel your pain. After all, pent-up demand left over from tight supply over the past two years, against the backdrop of mortgage rates remaining near three-year lows, combined with continued low inventory levels and fewer homes for sale […]
Home Prices Are Rising… So Why Are Inventory Levels So Low?
Home values are increasing and that should be a huge incentive for homeowners (including homebuilders) to put houses on the market. But that’s not happening and low inventory levels are leaving homebuyers competing for properties which in turn is driving up home values. U.S. home prices rose 5.4% in December, the largest year-over-year gain since July 2014. The median sales […]
2015 Housing Market Trend Buying Larger Homes
Home buyer demographics and buying behavior change slightly from year to year due to macroeconomic factors ranging from the health of the economy to inflation to the global trade on oil prices. The National Association of REALTORS® recently released its 2015 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers report and there are some interesting new trends emerging this […]
Columbus OH Housing Market Report – July 2015
Central Ohio housing market shattered records in July The Central OH housing market continued it’s stellar performance in July once again setting new records for the volume of home sales, prices and the time to sell a home. The 3,208 home sales last month were up 1.9% over the previous month and up 11.7% from July of 2014. This also […]