[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f2x4wgsi4nttdt":3,"$ffeh0925h8cuz":43,"$f2emv3tus0uf1":47,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":51},{"item":4,"previous":31,"next":37},{"id":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"description":8,"excerpt":9,"contentType":10,"featuredImage":11,"bannerImage":9,"body":12,"agentsBottomLine":13,"bodyImage":14,"isInfographic":15,"categories":16,"isVideo":15,"videoThumbnail":9,"videoSource":9,"publishedAt":29,"updatedAt":30},1798,"why-right-now-may-be-the-time-to-sell-your-house","Why Right Now May Be the Time to Sell Your House","The housing market made an incredible recovery in 2020 and is now positioned for an even stronger year in 2021.\u003Cstrong> Record-low mortgage interest rates\u003C\u002Fstrong> are a driving factor in this continued momentum, with average rates hovering at historic all-time \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.freddiemac.com\u002Fpmms\u002F\">lows\u003C\u002Fa>.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F01\u002F13171317\u002F20210114-KCM-Share.jpg","The housing market made an incredible recovery in 2020 and is now positioned for an even stronger year in 2021.\u003Cstrong> Record-low mortgage interest rates\u003C\u002Fstrong> are a driving factor in this continued momentum, with average rates hovering at historic all-time \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.freddiemac.com\u002Fpmms\u002F\">lows\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nAccording to the latest \u003Cem>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.nar.realtor\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fdocuments\u002F2020-11-realtors-confidence-index-12-22-2020.pdf\">Realtors Confidence Index Survey\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fem> from the \u003Cem>National Association of Realtors \u003C\u002Fem>(NAR), \u003Cstrong>buyer demand across the country is incredibly strong\u003C\u002Fstrong>. That’s not the case, however, on the supply side. Seller traffic is simply not keeping up. Here’s a breakdown by state:\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F01\u002F20210114-MEM-Eng-1.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43704\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2021\u002F01\u002F20210114-MEM-Eng-1.jpg\" alt=\"Why Right Now May Be the Time to Sell Your House | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"325\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>As the maps show, buyer traffic is high, but seller traffic is low. With so few homes for sale right now, record-low inventory is creating a mismatch between supply and demand.\r\n\r\nNAR also just \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nar.realtor\u002Fnewsroom\u002Fexisting-home-sales-decrease-2-5-in-november\">reported\u003C\u002Fa> that the actual number of homes currently for sale stands at \u003Cstrong>1.28 million\u003C\u002Fstrong>, down 22% from one year ago (1.64 million). Additionally, inventory is at an all-time low with \u003Cstrong>2.3 months supply \u003C\u002Fstrong>available at the current sales pace. In a normal market, that number would be 6.0 months of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002F2020\u002F12\u002F10\u002Fwhy-it-makes-sense-to-sell-your-house-this-holiday-season\u002F\">inventory\u003C\u002Fa> – significantly higher than it is today.\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>What does this mean for buyers and sellers?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\r\n\u003Cstrong>Buyers\u003C\u002Fstrong> need to \u003Cstrong>remain patient\u003C\u002Fstrong> in the search process. At the same time, they must be ready to \u003Cstrong>act immediately\u003C\u002Fstrong> once they find the right home since \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002F2020\u002F10\u002F16\u002Fhow-to-prepare-for-a-bidding-war-infographic\u002F\">bidding wars\u003C\u002Fa> are more common when so few houses are available for sale.\r\n\r\n\u003Cstrong>Sellers \u003C\u002Fstrong>may not want to wait until spring to put their houses on the market, though. 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