Orange County Housing Report: Housing Insanity Returns
With the number of available homes to purchase at extremely low levels, there simply are too many buyers competing against each other despite high mortgage rates.
A Seller’s Market
When the Expected Market Time drops below 40 days, the housing market leans heavily in favor of sellers.
A three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom, 2,100 square foot home on a 3,700 square foot lot, built in 2003, was placed on the market on the second Tuesday of March at $1,099,000. There was a steady stream of buyers during a three-hour window on Saturday and a two-hour window on Sunday. By Monday evening, more than 20 offers were submitted to the listing agent. The seller countered all offers and asked…
