How do you compare the market (your market) from last year at this time to now in 2015. Is is better, less inventory or worse? You tell me.

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Noah Seidenberg, Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917 (Coldwell Banker)

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Bob Crane

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It is cooling.

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Praful Thakkar

LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA

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It has been bettet YoY since then, Noah.

Jul 14, 2018 11:18 PM

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Gabe Sanders

Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL

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It was better.

May 26, 2018 06:48 AM

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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers

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About the same

Jul 08, 2017 04:46 AM

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Larry Johnston

Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN

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We had very little movement this year as compared to last year. Inventory is definately worse this year.

Mar 06, 2015 09:39 AM

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Bill Dandridge

MKB, Realtors - Roanoke, VA

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Inventory is down, prices are up, and there has been a significant drop in the days on market.

Mar 06, 2015 09:18 AM

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Kathleen Luiten

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Very active market, prices up and inventory down.

Mar 06, 2015 08:56 AM

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Noah Seidenberg

Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL

Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917

Really interesting answers here. I agree with most of what I read. We have low inventory issues but are doing well. 2014 was the second best year I have ever had, 2013 the best so far. I am hoping that 2015 will beat them all.

Mar 06, 2015 07:23 AM

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I was just looking at it. We are at the lowest point for the past 15 months in Sacramento but what stands out is the big leap in pendings. If it continues on this trend into March, and it appears like it will, our pending numbers will exceed inventory.

Mar 06, 2015 06:10 AM

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Jeanne Gregory

RE/MAX Southwest - Sugar Land, TX

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Still low inventory, but a bit slower than last year. The price of oil affects us dramatically. It's still all good!

Mar 06, 2015 04:54 AM

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Dan Tabit

Keller Williams Bellevue - Sammamish, WA

Low inventory, high demand, sales pending in days if not hours. Multiple bidding wars are common. Similar to last year, only probably hotter.

Mar 06, 2015 04:37 AM

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Nina Hollander, Broker

Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC

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Prices up, inventory down, DOM down. Very competitive and increasingly so.

Mar 06, 2015 04:26 AM

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William Feela

WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN

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I am busier and inventory os lower.

Mar 06, 2015 03:32 AM

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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041

ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL

Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

Record setting sales volume matching and exceeding 2005.
But, that may not be the right image to fixate on.

Last evening I reviewed 20 homes I visited (for CIS Score purposes) and found 17 of 20 had been under contract that fell through and now back on the market. Although volume is high, it is not happening without great and persistent effort by the sales professionals involved.

Mar 05, 2015 11:44 PM

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Scott Godzyk

Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH

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Less inventory, very busy though, mosre bank owned listings and last year winter was so busy as it was warm we didnt have a spring market, there was no big oncrease it just stayed steady. This winter with 7 feet of snow some people have given up and are waiting out teh weather, i am hoping for a big spring surge in listings. BUT i am not waitong, every day i battle in the trenches to get as many listongs as i can.

Mar 05, 2015 09:54 PM

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Gita Bantwal

RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA

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This year has been worse than last year because of the snow every other day.

Mar 05, 2015 09:26 PM

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Bruce Walter

Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

We set an office record for closed sales in January and the buyers are still out in force; many are waiting for new inventory to come on the market at the end of the month after Spring Break.

Mar 05, 2015 08:50 PM

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Debbie Gartner

The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY

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Anecdotally, from what I hear from realtors in my market, inventory is even lower than last year. Last year, it was very low and now worse.

The snow is still pretty bad here, but last year, it was slightly worse.

Mar 05, 2015 07:02 PM

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Michael Jacobs

Pasadena, CA

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Hi Noah --- we should be prepared to answer this question as it is quite common. Overall, inventory is rising slightly but it most areas in my market remain an extreme sellers' market. The frenzy seems to be not quite as intense and many buyers seem to be hesitant about moving forward.

Homeowners who might be great candidates to move up or right-size are watching to see if appropriate properties are coming on the market for sale. They would rather not move twice(sell, rent, wait, buy) although that seems to be most successful during these challenging times.

Mar 05, 2015 05:00 PM

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We had very little movement this year as compared to last year. Inventory is definately worse this year.
Inventory is down, prices are up, and there has been a significant drop in the days on market.
Really interesting answers here. I agree with most of what I read. We have low inventory issues but are doing well. 2014 was the second best year I have ever had, 2013 the best so far. I am hoping that 2015 will beat them all.
I was just looking at it. We are at the lowest point for the past 15 months in Sacramento but what stands out is the big leap in pendings. If it continues on this trend into March, and it appears like it will, our pending numbers will exceed inventory.
Still low inventory, but a bit slower than last year. The price of oil affects us dramatically. It's still all good!
Low inventory, high demand, sales pending in days if not hours. Multiple bidding wars are common. Similar to last year, only probably hotter.
Prices up, inventory down, DOM down. Very competitive and increasingly so.
Record setting sales volume matching and exceeding 2005.
But, that may not be the right image to fixate on.

Last evening I reviewed 20 homes I visited (for CIS Score purposes) and found 17 of 20 had been under contract that fell through and now back on the market. Although volume is high, it is not happening without great and persistent effort by the sales professionals involved.
Less inventory, very busy though, mosre bank owned listings and last year winter was so busy as it was warm we didnt have a spring market, there was no big oncrease it just stayed steady. This winter with 7 feet of snow some people have given up and are waiting out teh weather, i am hoping for a big spring surge in listings. BUT i am not waitong, every day i battle in the trenches to get as many listongs as i can.
This year has been worse than last year because of the snow every other day.
We set an office record for closed sales in January and the buyers are still out in force; many are waiting for new inventory to come on the market at the end of the month after Spring Break.
Anecdotally, from what I hear from realtors in my market, inventory is even lower than last year. Last year, it was very low and now worse.

The snow is still pretty bad here, but last year, it was slightly worse.
Hi Noah --- we should be prepared to answer this question as it is quite common. Overall, inventory is rising slightly but it most areas in my market remain an extreme sellers' market. The frenzy seems to be not quite as intense and many buyers seem to be hesitant about moving forward.

Homeowners who might be great candidates to move up or right-size are watching to see if appropriate properties are coming on the market for sale. They would rather not move twice(sell, rent, wait, buy) although that seems to be most successful during these challenging times.