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Why an Economic Downturn Represents the Best Time to Invest in Real Estate

The Close

An economic downturn provides many opportunities that are nearly impossible for the average investor to take advantage of in a good economy. I’ll get into the specific reasons below, but let’s take a minute to orient ourselves. Inventory is low and prices are high, but that situation is not going to remain true forever.

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9 Proven Strategies to Find Hidden Listing Inventory in 2022

The Close

In my 27 years as an agent and coach, I have never seen inventory this low. Low inventory is a lose-lose for real estate agents and buyers. Imagine if you could tap into a pool of hidden listing inventory that nobody else knows about. How to Talk to Top Producers to Find Hidden Inventory. Sound familiar?

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How Smart Investors Decipher & Respond to Real Estate Market Cycles

The Close

Of course, I knew the adage to “buy low and sell high.” Therefore, in this article we will explore common real estate market cycles and the indicators you can look for to better understand which market stage your area is in. Unfortunately, we as investors are mere mortals and don’t have infinite time on this earth.

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New home sales defy recession calls

Housing Wire

New home sales are up 20% year over year, and existing home sales are down 20% year over year; this is something we don’t see very often. One group has the advantage here while the other doesn’t: The new home sales market is minuscule versus the existing one, and the builders sell their homes like a commodity.

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Real Estate: It’s Still a Lack of Supply, Not a Lack of Demand

Keeping Current Matters

An article from the Wall Street Journal shows this is true for new home construction: “ Home builders have sold more homes than they can build. The article quotes David Auld, CEO of D.R. if these changing inventory dynamics continue, we could see a wave of real estate activity heading into the latter part of the year.”.

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Higher Rates Lead to Healthier Housing Market? How?

Notorious ROB

And this article from yesterday titled “ With home sales down, why are home prices still up? The subtitle of the article is, “June’s housing data shows why we needed higher rates.” I’ll be going through Logan’s article in some depth, so please read the article in full on HousingWire.

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Demand for Houses Boosts Home Construction

Realtor.com

George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images A surge in home-buying demand and limited inventory for existing homes is spurring construction to help fill the gap. The strength in the home-building sector underscores the uneven nature of the economic recession , which has hit low-wage workers especially hard. home building, rose 8.2%