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Depending on how you view the term the" Ides Of March" whether positive or negative, it can also apply to the Collin County single family home real estate market. It was not a "killer Market" if you reference it to the death of "Julius Caesar" or a kickoff to a "Spring Festival." It is the 1st quarter of the year in real estate and in most cases through history it has been a slower time in overall real estate transactions. If you apply good or bad to this time of the year, you are missing the point. Yes, this year has been off compared to the last 2 1/2 years. In some cases by quite a bit but in others not so much. Homes are selling and that means people are buying. The next quarter will really tell us if the market is going to get back on track to it's…

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I am not saying that you need to run out and buy a home immediately. What I am concerned about for buyers is that inventory moved up through October 23 of 2022 and since then has continually come down from that high. In other words, we were seeing about a 2.1 months of inventory and up to that point it was continually increasing. Since then it has dropped back to about 1.6 months of inventory on resale homes in North Dallas and Collin County. This is still much more than months previous but not moving in the right direction or holding like we would like to see. The urgency? If I was a potential buyer of residential real estate looking to purchase a home, I would factor this information into when is the right time to buy. Why? If you recall, there were…

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Great Question! Let's just look back two months ago in the Collin County and North Dallas area. Supply was short, competition for homes was fierce, frustrations were high and disappointments happened all to frequently. Ask yourself, "what are the negatives today"? You might say that interest rates are higher but should that be a big disappointment when looking to purchase a home. Sure, it is a consideration. Today, a buyer for a home has much more choices and is not facing escalating home prices due to the shortage of homes. Are homes still priced higher than in the past yes they are. However, that is true year over year. 

Today our economy in Texas is still very strong and based on all the articles we read, I don't see that changing any time soon. If…

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When it comes to deciding whether to sell your home takes in a lot of factors. For me and my husband we sold our last home about 6 years ago. It was a big decision for us and we knew we had a lot of work to get our home ready to receive the best offer on it. Of course, you may say the market was different back then, however, it really wasn't much different. My personal experience of selling our own home and helping people buy and sell homes over a long period of time has given me a unique perspective on the best ways to get homes sold and to get the best price when selling them. 

The preparation is key before putting homes on the market. Setting the right price is key to attracting the most amount of buyers in a certain price range. Once that is in…

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Home sellers always want to know what is the “best” price to put their home on the market. However, most do not know what the market is doing in their area and how their home compares to other homes for sale in their neighborhood. Realtors usually look over the past 6 months to see what has sold in the neighborhood and compare that with the home seller’s home. This does give a “ball park” but it takes a little more research to come up with a “competitive price”.

All homes are different by the way they are maintained, their location, upgrades, and a host of other things that needs to be considered in determining a selling price. For me, I went to appraisal school to see how they put together their appraisals. I am not an appraiser but the information…

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