2005 is gone. Thank goodness, now people that were getting
priced out of homes have a chance to purchase homes again. Now buyers won’t have to
make multiple offers on homes that have been torn up by homeowners and renters.
Sellers are cleaning up and lowering prices
Arizona Real estate is a better
place.
Arizona has approximately 44252 single family homes for
sale as of May 23, 2007. The key to selling a home in this market is having an
aggressive price and a very desirable home (clean). Sellers are currently
competing against new home builders that are willing to go to just about any
length to sell the new homes even some are willing to purchase your home at 90%
of appraised value just to get a sale. Some of the new home builders are
offering free pools, cars, on top of price reductions
The type of buyers searching for homes can be very aggressive with offers going 5-10k under asking price and asking the seller to contribute to buyer closing cost on top of the
lower offer. They have some money down and can afford the payments.
Changes in loan and mortgage programs also are putting a
large strain on the zero down low credit buyers. People that could have bought
a home that have been waiting for the bottom of this market are now unable to
purchase homes because they cannot get qualified as they could have before.
Lenders really changed the criteria of what type of credit and debt to income
ratios they will lend to.
Although we have this situation in 2007 we can also look at
the growth around the valley. The growth is not stopping. The planning in
Buckeye and Surprise alone is huge. Buyers that have long term real estate
goals in Arizona might have a great
buying opportunity now when sellers are willing to help with closing cost and
come down on the price. The sellers that get it are selling and buyers are
getting a cleaner home with a better price.
Source by Scott Schulte
