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Beyond price …

In Pricing to Sell I commented on the importance of pricing correctly in achieving a timely sale and getting the highest price that the market will allow. ” … Timely sale …” and “… that the market will allow ….” are critical to understand because regional market velocity is driven by broad supply and demand … Continue reading →

Pricing to Sell

Buyers may begin to think that if a listing lasts too long there must be something wrong with the property. They may make a discounted offer or simply choose not to see it at all. Both options cost sellers real money. Continue reading →

Housing affordability in the Austin area

Earlier this year I wrote about the distribution of sales prices in Central Texas (Home Prices in Austin and More on Austin-area Home Prices). Since housing affordability is so often a topic of conversation these days, I want to offer some thoughts on that subject now. As a starting point, this chart shows the relative … Continue reading →

Memorial Day Honors

Entering the 2019 selling season … with challenges

Demand is not the problem. We have a lot of new jobs being created and steady population growth. We simply don’t have enough homes to meet the demand, and the perceived price vs. value equation for many buyers got out of hand as a result. Continue reading →

Market Dashboard – 1st Quarter 2019

As long as growing employers and their employees want to move here and are willing to accept the challenges that come with fast growth, we may well have a couple more years ahead like the last couple. Buckle up! Continue reading →

Days to Sell by Price Range

The percentage of total unit sales in the $200,000 to $400,000 range grew from 46% in 2014 to 62% in 2018, and to 66% in the 1st quarter of 2019 because the availability of homes under $300,000 fell dramatically. Continue reading →