What do you say to a buyer who thinks we're in a housing bubble?
The response to this is really important and you might want to speak about this just on social media. It's a great social media post to talk about because it's on people's minds. They're a little bit fearful of going into the market and paying too much, getting trapped, or thinking it's like 2009 again.
So here's your response (and it could be a video response or post response) where you say:
"Hey, several buyers have asked me recently, is this a good time to buy? Or should they wait until prices fall? What they're really asking me is, are we in a housing bubble? Right? And the answer is no.
In fact, we have several solid economic indicators that show us that we're not even close to a bubble. And we're actually in an incredibly healthy real estate market and home prices are likely to rise going forward for the next several months.
Here's a couple of reasons why:
1. The number of homes...
According to a new report just out from Zillow Research 87% of Sellers are not considering selling in the next three years. While that might seem like bad news - it's actually a massive opportunity because what that really means is that a huge group of homeowners (about 1 in 6) are now considering selling in the next 36 months.
Zillow Group Report on Consumer Housing Trends 2018
In addition the National Association of REALTORS just released their latest 2018 HOME Survey for the third quarter which reveals that 77% of sellers believe now is a good time to sell. This is a record number of sellers and is great opportunity for REALTORS targeting new listing inventory.
Realtor HOME Survey Statistics
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