Thursday, June 12, 2014

Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley home sales are stabilizing, says the LA Times


Here's a great article from today's L.A. Times. It states that the market is settling down, there aren't as many price escalations, etc. Here's a quote:

"More and more, the market hinges on regular people buying houses with normal mortgages, and with lending standards still tight and the economy still feeling soft, there's only so much those people will pay.
"We're bumping along a ceiling. I really can't see values going up much more," said Steven Thomas, of ReportsOnHousing.com, which analyzes Southern California housing markets. "Buyers are homing in on trying to pay a fair value. A year ago, everyone was willing to pay extra. Now that bidding up is not happening."

This doesn't mean that multiple offers are over, however -- just that there won't be 20-40 offers for the same property, we hope.

2 comments:

  1. My wife and I were looking to move to San Fernando Valley for a while. Now, we have a different destination in mind. Hopefully the market will be as good as it is in San Fernando Valley. http://thetodayteam.com/biography.html

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  2. I always feel nervous buying in a market that is unstable. So I am delighted that this market is stabilizing, me and my wife were looking to move into the area.

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