Housing Market in other States ...

[margypops]

Well I am having a great time ,(sarcasm) finding a house , I am weary of BS from Realtors and bidding wars ...each time I call on a house I have found in the MLS listings , I get the story that there are Multipul offers  ,I am told by one that the realtors obtain  the new houses coming up and  some  have clients they offer them to before they get on to the MLS .also that the properties are real estate owned , ..I have run around looking to be told it is 'Pending when it says Active ' phones arent answered..is this just where I live in California or have you guys had some of the same runaround .in other States ...

[margypops]

Cor nasty crash on purpose today,in Austin  instead of that dumb behavior he should have used his anger in a concrete way at the Polls in November ..or the March to the Capitol building ..

[VicUser]

I like Austin

[margypops]

PS......Whats Texas like ?

[margypops]

Today I had some luck I found two that I liked and lo and behold not a bidding war, I am not desperate as the buyer of this house is renting it back to me, he has bought it for family he is from Albania lives near me and wanted it for other family coming to the US legally .I wanted to sell it now because I can buy another at these lower prices ,and although I do agree with Swampy they are still high compared to other states they are a lot lower than a few years ago.So this is the market to buy, now I sold the house myself but have been working the last 2 days with a realtor to buy ...  yes its been better today , tomorrw we are going to check out a 5 acre bit of land , house needs work but I wanted trees and gardens ,the house we can fix ..location is important.The selling was a doddle buying is stressful, Its crazy here in CA ..not enough inventory now ...

[swampcritter]

Swampy thinks that homes in CA here are still very much overpriced. His recommendation is to grossly underbid every property. 14 sellers are going to say no but the 15th will say yes.

[specialmom]

It is really stressful to NEED to find a house.  We have hot neighborhoods around us that things go fairly quickly.  I worked with a realtor to find a house (sold by owner----- ).  He knew what I wanted and knew lots of realtors and they hear about a listing before it hits the market.  I had addresses before there was a sign sometimes.  And bids happend pretty fast on some houses I was interested in.  

There is still a hot neighborhood or two, but things are tending to sit a bit here.  My sisters house sat for over a  year and they had to drop their price considerably.  The person who finally bought it got a real deal!  

Anyway, good luck.  I hate that "multiple offers" thing.  Very nerve wrecking and you never know what to believe.

[twehner5]

I don't want to hear it!!!  LOL !  No, really.  That would be HORRIBLE!  You might need to consider working with a Realtor.  It's the seller who pays their commission, so you have nothing to lose........just a thought.  You might get a little "in" information then.

Some houses HERE are taking as long as a YEAR to sell.  Mind has now officially been on the market for 6 months.  WOW.  My Realtor thought it would sell in a months, which would have been crazy here.  Our unemployment is 5th highest in the state.....  Gee...I wonder if THAT has anything to do with it...?  Ya think?

[teko]

You sold your house and you have no other? Bummer. How long till you close on yours?