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From now until the end of April in Salt Lake County, there will be more offers written on homes for sale then there will be in all of 2010. Good news for home seller Right? We’ll maybe if you keep your guard up. I have to say the 2010 Home Bing Tax Credit expiring [...]
 It you’re a first time home buyer and your waiting to get a good deal save money or just haven’t had time to get in the home buying game, I have news. The First Time Home Buyers $8000 free, Tax credit expires November 30 2009. With the new disclosure laws it will take 45 days to close a loan. So if you don’t have a property, not a short sale under contract by October 15th you’ll be in big trouble! If you want to get the best deal a short sale you should have a few under contract now. Don’t’ wait until the last minute. You see this is a people phenomenon. We put off things and rush at the end. We’ll if it goes the way I foresee all the lower priced homes will have a feeding frenzy in September, lender will get back up. Short sale will get backed up and won’t get completed by the deadline. It will be like the days after Thanksgiving accept for home. Let’s avoid the big lines and get you shopping now. We’ll show you how to get and additional $4,500 on a $300,000 home! Continue reading First time Home Buyers $8000 Tax Credit, it’s time to jump in the game
My man on the streets view, of how short sale relate to purchasers in Salt Lake, is they are prices way below the average price per square foot (PSQFT) the PSQFT for short sale range $55 to $75. Where the median listed PSQFT in Salt Lake County in June was $97. See why the buyer only sees those homes as the homes for sale. They are the desirable good buy bang for the buck homes. So buyers rule mentally out the $100 + PSQFT and look at the lower priced higher bang for the buck, short sales and they become the Real homes for sale in their mind. Since buyers will only look at 20 or less homes before they make there mind up and make offers, the best homes become the homes for sale. [...]
Now that we have the economics 101 out of the way let’s look at the Reality As Is way a market behaves, or in this case misbehaves. Markets for housing are constantly in flux, having homes sell and new home come on the market and how that relates to pricing. To price a property correctly in this type of market with an absorption rates less than 8 months but not less than 3 months, you would have to be an attractive home in the lower 30% of the price range for similar properties in order for it to sell in the next 12 months. [...]
Because real estate has seen a perfect storm over the last 2 years. Lending being turned upside down with an outcome of few people can now qualify for homes. Pricing drove through the roof by investor buying. The lending industry allow state income loans, builders and home seller could sell their over median income qualifying home, easily to almost anyone with no money down on a 100% stated income loan. Literally anyone could buy and home with no money down. Now all loans are fully qualifying with verified income. [...]
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