Tackling The 2023 Housing Market: A Guide for Home Buyers and Sellers
As we navigate through 2023, the housing market continues to present a complex puzzle for both buyers and sellers. With high home prices, steep mortgage rates, and rising rents, slight declines expected in these areas may not offer significant relief. Industry forecasts indicate a slight easing in the housing market. However, these modest reductions are […]
These Days Buying and Selling a Home can Feel Like a Major Stressful Event
A survey completed by Homes.com of 2,000 first-time home buyers confirmed what anyone who has ever bought a home has known for years – the experience can be annoying, confusing, and cause feelings of defeat. The study went on to say that two in five home buyers experienced anxiety while another 44 percent felt nervous […]
Using HomeQT to find Pocket Listings
Open the Door to Pocket Listings HomeQT Pocket listings are homes that are for sale, but not publicly listed in the multiple listing service or real estate portals. Many home sellers are unwilling to have their home publicly listed for sale, and opt for marketing their home privately. The hard part is finding about these […]
Starter Home Pocket Listings
The importance of using HomeQT.com in the Starter Home Market. Affordability in the starter home market continues to tighten dramatically. Starter home prices have risen 9.6% in the last year. In fact, for the bottom third of the market, starter homes in San Francisco, San Jose, and Los Angeles now require OVER 100% of income! […]
The best time of the year to buy a home – and when to start house hunting for the best deal
Tanza Loudenback, BusinessInsider.com Oct. 16, 2017 HomeQT – The best way to search for homes. It’s house-hunting season. Between October and December each year, starter home inventory in the US gets a 7% boost, according to new data from Trulia. In 70 of the 100 largest US metros, the number of starter homes on the […]
Zac Posen home sale shows why mid priced home sellers should consider using a pocket listing to sell their home in 2017
Forbes Article about selling a mid-level priced home through a pocket listing Zac Posen sold his Manhattan home for $1,150,000 through an off-market pocket listing, sometimes referred to as a whisper listing. Troy McMullen’s Forbes article about the sale describes the advantages of a pocket listing, and the mis-conception that pocket listings are limited to […]
Mindy Kaling finds her new Los Angeles Home through a Pocket Listing
A Pocket Listing in the Historic Hancock Park Area of Los Angeles was the key to Mindy Kaling’s dream home. “I was specific about Hancock Park,” she says, adding that finding her dream house wasn’t as easy as she had hoped. “It’s one of these places that no one ever leaves. I fell in love […]
Why Pocket Listings are a Good Idea When Buyer Interest is Strong in Spring 2017
According to the 2017 NAR HOME Survey from the first quarter of 2017, 72 percent of people believe that now is a good time to buy a home. Home buyers looking for the right house in the Spring of 2017 find many resources available on the internet. It is easy to find every MLS listed […]
Pocket Listings – How to find an unlisted home
Find a house through pocket listings. Are you tired of searching the Multiple listing Service? Spending hours on sites like Realtor.com, Redfin, Zillow, and other home search sites? Only to find that they have the same listings as all the other sites, and often the data is out of date? Have you seen the perfect […]