[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f1nrk29iqjyn3b":3,"$ffeh0925h8cuz":43,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":47},{"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},4192,"want-to-buy-a-home-now-may-be-the-time","Want To Buy a Home? Now May Be the Time.","There are \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F22\u002Fgreat-news-about-housing-inventory-infographic\u002F\">more homes for sale\u003C\u002Fa> today than at any time last year. So, if you tried to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F13\u002Fshould-i-buy-a-home-right-now\u002F\">buy a home\u003C\u002Fa> last year and were outbid or out priced, now may be your opportunity. The number of homes for sale in the U.S. has been growing over the past four months as rising \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F26\u002Fa-window-of-opportunity-for-homebuyers\u002F\">mortgage rates\u003C\u002Fa> help slow the frenzy the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F14\u002Fhousing-experts-say-this-isnt-a-bubble\u002F\">housing market\u003C\u002Fa> saw during the pandemic.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F26135845\u002F20220727-KCM-Share.jpg","There are \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F22\u002Fgreat-news-about-housing-inventory-infographic\u002F\">more homes for sale\u003C\u002Fa> today than at any time last year. So, if you tried to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F13\u002Fshould-i-buy-a-home-right-now\u002F\">buy a home\u003C\u002Fa> last year and were outbid or out priced, now may be your opportunity. The number of homes for sale in the U.S. has been growing over the past four months as rising \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F26\u002Fa-window-of-opportunity-for-homebuyers\u002F\">mortgage rates\u003C\u002Fa> help slow the frenzy the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F14\u002Fhousing-experts-say-this-isnt-a-bubble\u002F\">housing market\u003C\u002Fa> saw during the pandemic.\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nLawrence Yun, Chief Economist at the \u003Cem>National Association of Realtors\u003C\u002Fem> (NAR), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2022-07-08\u002Fshould-i-buy-a-house-with-rates-lower-experts-say-prices-may-fall-more\">explains\u003C\u002Fa> why the shifting market creates a window of opportunity for you:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“This is an opportunity for people with a secure job to jump into the market, when other people are a little hesitant because of a possible recession. . . They’ll have fewer buyers to compete with.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>Two Reasons There Are More Homes for Sale\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\r\nThe first reason the market is seeing more homes available for sale is the number of sales happening each month has decreased. This slowdown has been caused by rising mortgage rates and rising \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F25\u002Fwhats-causing-ongoing-home-price-appreciation\u002F\">home prices\u003C\u002Fa>, leading many to postpone or put off buying. The graph below uses data from \u003Cem>realtor.com\u003C\u002Fem> to show how \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.realtor.com\u002Fresearch\u002Fdata\u002F\">active real estate listings\u003C\u002Fa> have risen over the past four months as a result.\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F26135847\u002F20220727-MEM-Eng-1.png\">\u003Cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46899\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F26135847\u002F20220727-MEM-Eng-1.png\" alt=\"Want To Buy a Home? Now May Be the Time. | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\nThe second reason the market is seeing \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2022\u002F06\u002F28\u002Fa-key-opportunity-for-homebuyers\u002F\">more homes available\u003C\u002Fa> for sale is because the number of people selling their homes is also rising. The graph below outlines \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.realtor.com\u002Fresearch\u002Fdata\u002F\">new monthly listings\u003C\u002Fa> coming onto the market compared to last year. As the graph shows, for the past three months, more people have put their homes on the market than the previous year.\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F26135843\u002F20220727-MEM-Eng-2.png\">\u003Cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46897\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F07\u002F26135843\u002F20220727-MEM-Eng-2.png\" alt=\"Want To Buy a Home? Now May Be the Time. | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cstrong>Bottom Line \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\nThe number of homes for sale across the country is growing, and that means more options for those thinking about buying a home. This is the opportunity many have been waiting for who were outbid or out priced last year."," \r\nThe number of homes for sale across the country is growing, and that means more options for those thinking about buying a home. 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