NY State prices increased 39%
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Over the past 4 years US home prices have soared an average of 47%. NY State prices increased 39%, while some states such as Florida, the Carolinas, Idaho and Tennessee saw increases of 60+%. States that saw the largest increases, however, are now experiencing larger price cuts as more Homeowners there are looking to sell (for a variety of reasons). Read More
REAL ESTATE MARKET UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2023
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The Federal Reserve has said they will not increase rates this month but indicated there will probably be one more increase this year. This suggests the Fed is edging toward a peak in the series of rate hikes it unleashed in March of 2022. This unprecedented series of rate increases… Read More
August 2023 Real Estate Market Update
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Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors, stated in his latest report that the housing recession is over, but the recovery has not taken place. Housing inventories remain at historic lows, down 13.6% nationally from even last year’s low levels. Buyer demand is there, however, as evidenced… Read More
FOUR IMPORTANT POINTS FOR TODAY’S SELLERS IN NEW YORK
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-Be Sure Your Home Is In Good Condition During the pandemic, buyers overlooked a lot as they were looking to take advantage of low interest rates and move to satisfy a different set of lifestyle issues. Now we are in a housing recession, as many experts say, driven by interest… Read More
What’s Expected for the housing market in Queens and Long Island in 2022?
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Inventory Shortage: As we can see from our local stats the number of homes for sale is down from previous years. It is felt this could take several years for these levels to normalize nationally. Low-Interest Rates: Even though the Federal Reserve has plans to increase interest rates three times… Read More
June (MidYear) 2021 Real Estate Market Update
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As more individuals and families have become vaccinated and resumed more normal leisure summer activities or vacations, real estate markets have seen the pace of sales slow over the past several months as we enter ” a new phase of the housing market” said Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather. Prices have… Read More
Queens Residential Real Estate Market Update for September 2019
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Sold Properties: The number of properties sold were down -3.2% from last year at this time. Ten of the past twelve months showed a negative trend from the previous year’s sales counts while the other two months of the year were only +.04% and +2.2% this past April… Read More