Baby It’s Cold Outside, but the Market is Hot

It may be the winter (and a cold one this year), but the real estate market is heating up!

Homes are selling quickly and closer to (or above) asking price. According to the January 2018 REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey, “34% of properties that closed in January sold at or above the list price. Of the properties that sold at a premium price, 86 percent sold at 101 to 110 percent of the list price.”

So, what factors are pushing prices higher?

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Why I LOVE Real Estate!

I am a real estate investor – fix & flip, buy & hold and wholesale houses – and a licensed PA Realtor®, soon to be licensed in NJ too. I live and breathe real estate! If you ask my husband, I probably talk about this stuff way too much. So here is an outlet for me to talk about real estate without talking his ear off.

So, why do I love real estate?

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