The Top 4 Real Estate Market Indicators |
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| By Lisa Udy. |
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| Knowing when real estate markets are headed into a decline
or showing appreciation is the key to real estate investing.
These key real estate market indicators are used by
experience investors to gauge the up's and down's, allowing
them to time their prospective real estate markets. Key Market Indicator: Know Your Markets Home Sales Timing a real estate market requires you to do the necessary studying of existing home sales numbers. You have to know which homes are selling, which homes aren't selling, and the areas where they're selling. Talk to a real estate professional about existing home sales, ask them to gather enough data for you to feel comfortable. Chatting with your agent is the best way to gauge your state's sales, and will help you with the first step in timing the market. When researching the existing home sales numbers, you should be looking for high performing assets. You should look for areas with good inventory to sales ratios. Once you find the neighborhoods that show promise, you should lookout for foreclosure and short sale properties as they will provide the best deals. Key Market Indicator - New Construction Starts A new construction start is where a builder applies for a permit to start building a home. New construction is a great indicator where the real estate markets are going. If new construction starts are up, that means inventory levels are low, and home buyers can't find what they want therefore they decide to build. If new construction sales are down, markets usually have a lot of inventory, and buyers are more cautious as they don't want to take on a home building project. Building a home is more risky than purchasing an existing home. Watching new construction trends should be a long term assignment, as long term trends will show the true nature of the market. Studying the trends of past decades will give you a good standard to compare how the new construction markets are trending today. As you get more educated on how your market follows the trends, you can then move on to the next real estate market indicator. Key Market Indicator - Notice Of Default Home owners that are behind on their mortgage payments are sent a notice of foreclosure. The first thing a bank will do to start the foreclosure process is file a notice of foreclosure. Check with your local county record holder as they are the people who file these notices for the banks. These notice of foreclosures should be a study tool to gather information on where the market is headed before it happens. Watch out for areas with looming foreclosures, as this is a direct indicator of soon to be declines. Remember, not all notice's turn into foreclosures, so factor that into your calculations. When searching for great buys, be cautious of the markets with large amounts of pending foreclosures. Key Market Indicator - Foreclosures And Short Sales If you want to time a real estate market, knowing when it's a good idea to buy a foreclosure or short sale is key. Watch out for neighborhoods with many of these listings, as they will continue to decline. Instead, try to find a neighborhood with one or two foreclosure listings, as these will be cheaper, yet the neighborhood will maintain value and appreciate. |
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