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Shock from rising interest rates & new tax law in 2018

 
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What's your strategy for 2018?
Buy before rates go up
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Make prudent offers but refrain from bidding wars
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Sit out 2018 and wait to see if a price correction unfolds in coming years?
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RealEstateCafe



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:27 pm GMT    Post subject: Shock from rising interest rates & new tax law in 2018 Reply with quote

Breaking news: The Chairman of the Federal Reserve says he plans to continue plans to raise interest rates this year. Some economists & others fear interest rates may ultimately rise again over 6%.

Should homebuyers in Boston & beyond try to time the housing market? What's your strategy -- buy before rates go up, make prudent offers but refrain from bidding wars, sit out 2018 and wait to see if a price correction unfolds in coming years?

The housing market could be in for a shock from rising interest rates and the new tax law

http://bit.ly/iRateShockRE

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:10 pm GMT    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm expecting a price correction in the next 1-3 years. It has been tough to sit on the sidelines but I think that it was the right choice.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:40 pm GMT    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any homebuyers watching these headlines? What's your take -- just "low inventory," or something else beginning to manifest itself?

http://bit.ly/PendingDWNJan2018
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 12:07 am GMT    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another one for this thread: Zillow says that one in four homes sold over their asking price last year.

https://www.zillow.com/research/home-sales-above-list-price-17875/

Younger buyers may not realize how the real estate industry has "normalized" that practice and the potential to manipulate homebuyers with BLIND bidding wars. Here's what we wrote three years ago:

Fooled again? Let’s use tech to reform real estate / BLIND biddings wars

http://bit.ly/REformFools

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With both sales & pending sales down, do any homebuyers fear overpaying in BLIND #BiddingWars?

Will 2018 bring #BiddingWarBacklash? Will feeling blue morph into feeling misled?

http://bit.ly/Mislead2008
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