Posts from August 31st, 2022

Dear Neighbor,

Real estate sales during the last two years have outstripped houses available for sale resulting in a dearth of listings for people desirous of moving to Kent.

Because of this imbalance we have some buyers and sellers on the sidelines waiting.  Waiting for what is the question.  The idea that the market will be flush with listings soon is not realistic. That said with the confluence of inflation, lack of inventory, increased mortgage rates, and Covid concerns waning, there is a slight pause occurring in the market.  Hopefully, this breather will allow some restocking of houses and a more balanced market.

Kent registered 46 sales in the last 12 months. This is 34 fewer home sales than in 2021. This dramatic drop is not due ­­to a lack of interest, but lack of inventory.  Ther­­e are 4 homes in contract presently and only 13 available to purchase. Despite fewer listings, purchasing desire is strong, sales are brisk and competit...

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Dear Neighbor,

Summer of '22 is upon us and we are all attempting to get back to pre-pandemic days. Sales during the last two years have outstripped available houses for sale resulting in a dearth of listings available for people desirous of moving to Kent.

Because of this imbalance we are seeing some buyers and sellers on the sidelines waiting.  Waiting for what is the question.  The idea that the market will be flush with listings soon is not realistic. It is a seller's market, but one should sell only if one has a place to move.  We predict this new paradigm will be here for a number of years.

Kent registered 48 sales in the last 12 months. This is 34 fewer home sales than in the 2021. This dramatic drop is not due to lack of interest, but lack of inventory.  There are 10 homes in contract presently and only 8 available to purchase. Despite fewer listings, purchasing desire is strong, sales are brisk and competition is fierce.  Here is what...

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Dear Neighbor,

We are rebooting our informative neighborhood letters after having our office "closed" over the last 12 months. I say "closed" because as you likely know, the real estate market in Sharon and the county and the state and the world, went nuts. So, we've actually been quite "open".

In our 40 plus years of selling, we've never experienced a panic of this magnitude. People's fear of living in a densely packed city and the health crisis it triggered created a relocation flight decimating our inventory.  Today, Sharon has only 19 homes listed and values have surged to levels not seen in over 15 years.

A 15%-20% increase in home values is not uncommon and in some of the upper end homes we saw even higher escalations. Perfect example is a house I sold in Jan. 2019 for $645,000 and it came back on the market in July 2020 for $795,000 and sold for $810,000 within a few days. And there are some forecasts of another 15% increase in the next yea...

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