REAL ESTATE
GILBERT SUN NEWS | JULY 17, 2022
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Balanced home market presents new opportunities BY MINDY JONES GSN Columnist
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balanced real estate market has hit Arizona hard and fast, kind of like that feeling you get when you open up your car door and the heat hits your face after driving around blissfully with the AC on max. The shift in the real estate market feels sudden and unexpected on the tail of a laundry list of signaling trends. Volatility in interest rates and rapid escalation of home prices for buyers, sellers unsure of how long they can bank on that growing pile of cash build-
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ing up in their home, investors finding it difficult to cash flow as the cost of money, labor and materials increases and rental rates stabilize, and seasonality that we haven’t experienced in the Arizona market since the onset of COVID have all been paving the path for this return to balance. What we couldn’t have predicted, much like we can’t predict how long we’ll stay in balance, is how fast the market would have shifted and how much the rapid change in market conditions coupled by the skewed sense of reality and expectations set by the extreme sellers market of the last two years would impact the consumer perspective on the local real estate market. A balanced market challenges sellers
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to prep, price and market their property in accordance with its true value. That means that unlike an extreme sellers market – where you can sell literally anything – homes that haven’t been updated in 10+ years will not have the same selling experience as a home that is properly prepared to attract today’s home buyers and stand out from the other options available at its price point. With inventory expected to rise, you can expect to see more price modifications, negotiations, and longer days on
market. If you are selling your primary residence, the assumption is that you’ll still need a place to live – which is where you’ll really reap the benefits of a balanced market. Unlike your counterparts who braved the frenzy of the last two years and helped your home come up in value by nearly 50% when they sold, you’ll get to take the equity that you’ve gained and have more options to use it than any of
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