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Shadow Inventory Drops 10.3%

If you're trying to buy a home, do it quickly. It's becoming a seller's market quickly.

Shadow Inventory dropped 10.3% in July which bring us down to 2.3 million homes. This is a six month supply.

Of these, 1 million are seriously delinquent and more than a quarter of a million of these are foreclosures. 

What this tells us is that there is still a fairly good supply of homes that will be coming to the market within the next 6 months.  How slow or fast they come is the mystery.  It is interesting to note that even though one of the mega banks stated that they don't have "shadow inventory," here I am providing you shadow inventory statistics. 

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Our market will continue to have a mix of normal sales, short sales and foreclosures for at least another six months. If you have been waiting to get into the market, now is the time.  Don't wait. Just this past weekend, I was calling on availability and I found that one home I inquired about had 20 offers on it and was told if we were going to make an offer, it should be 20-30k over asking in order to win. This is happening often and will continue so long as the banks are slowly releasing these homes into the market. 

Remember, when we get old, we will regret the things we didn't do and not those that we did. If you are thinking of buying or selling, take advantage of what is going on now.  

I Need Your Help
I need your feedback. What numbers would you like to see? I want to make sure I am giving you what you are looking for. I will post some responses in next weeks article. Email me at jamie@rockinagent.com or call me at 404-483-7816. 

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