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Real estate is \u003Cstrong>not\u003C\u002Fstrong> one of them.\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nMark Fleming, \u003Cem>Chief Economist\u003C\u002Fem> for \u003Cem>First American\u003C\u002Fem>, just \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.firstam.com\u002Feconomics\u002Fhousing-market-potential-reaches-highest-level-since-2007\">reported\u003C\u002Fa>:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“Since hitting a low point during the initial stages of the pandemic, the only major industry to display immunity to the economic impacts of the coronavirus is the housing market. Housing has experienced a strong V-shaped recovery and is now exceeding pre-pandemic levels.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\nBuyer demand is still strong heading into the fall. \u003Cem>ShowingTime\u003C\u002Fem>, which tracks the average number of buyer showings on residential properties, just \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.showingtime.com\u002Fblog\u002Faugust-2020-showing-index-results\u002F\">announced\u003C\u002Fa> that \u003Cstrong>buyer showings are up 61.9%\u003C\u002Fstrong> compared to the same time last year. They went on to say:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“Normally, real estate activity begins to slow down in the late summer, but this year it peaked in July, August and into September.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>There Is One Big Challenge\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\r\nPurchaser demand is so high, the market is running out of available homes for sale. Just last week, \u003Cem>realtor.com\u003C\u002Fem> \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnews.move.com\u002F2020-09-24-Realtor-com-R-Weekly-Housing-Report-Nearly-400-000-Fewer-Homes-Have-Been-Listed-Since-the-Start-of-the-Pandemic\">reported\u003C\u002Fa>:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic in March, nearly 400,000 fewer homes have been listed compared to last year, leaving a gaping hole in the U.S. housing inventory.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\nThe \u003Cem>National Association of Realtors\u003C\u002Fem> (NAR) \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.nar.realtor\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fdocuments\u002Fehs-08-2020-single-family-only-2020-09-22.pdf\">revealed\u003C\u002Fa> that, while home sales are skyrocketing, the inventory of existing homes for sale is dropping dramatically. Below is a graph of existing inventory \u003Cem>(September numbers are not yet available):\u003C\u002Fem>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F20201014-MEM-Eng-1.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43183\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F20201014-MEM-Eng-1.jpg\" alt=\"The #1 Reason Not to Wait to List Your House for Sale | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>Homebuilders are increasing construction, but they cannot keep up with the high demand. Bill McBride, founder of the \u003Cem>Calculated Risk \u003C\u002Fem>blog, in discussing inventory of newly constructed houses, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.calculatedriskblog.com\u002F\">notes\u003C\u002Fa>:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“The months of supply decreased to 3.3 months...This is the all-time record low months of supply.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>What does this mean for sellers?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\r\nAnyone thinking of putting their home on the market should not wait. \u003Cstrong>A seller will always negotiate the best deal when demand is high and supply is limited.\u003C\u002Fstrong> That’s exactly the situation in the real estate market today.\r\n\r\nNext year, when the pandemic is hopefully behind us, there will be many more properties coming to the market. 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