What's Going On In Your 'Parade Of Homes?'
What do you see in your housing market this weekend? How about homebuilder incentives, "Shopping for a new home? There's never been a better time to buy a new, ready-to-move-in home than now. June 23rd-25th is your chance to get the beautiful, brand new home you've always dreamed of, at the lowest interest rate we've ever offered."
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"As home builders nationwide hustle to sell houses in the slowing real estate market, one Central Florida-based company is trying something different: To sell 96 homes within 96 hours. The Mercedes Homes sales event kicks off today with reduced prices on existing inventory in select markets in Florida, Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina."
The Palm Beach Post, "As the local real estate market enters what the Florida Association of Realtors calls a 'correction,' folks have been forced to come up with creative ways to sell homes. So how do you get buyers to look at your property when the list of homes for sale grows longer every day? 'We’re having artists display their works in our open houses,' said Realtor Stefanni Gius."
"'We’ve also banded together with other Realtors, and the entire community has a Parade of Homes; showings of all the homes for sale,' Gius said. 'We all support each other’s open houses.'"
Here's one from a reader. "Just got back from the Jersey shore (Long Beach Island). I’ve been vacationing there all my life. I have NEVER seen so many For Sale and For Rent signs as I did this past week."
"The For Sale signs I get, but why so many For Rent? Down there for rent means seasonal rental (i.e. by the week, month, or summer). So my question is this; does anyone else see signs of people cutting back on vacations this summer? And why is this? High gas prices? Can’t afford it with all the high mortgages, car payments at home? It was curious, for sure."
Another reader sees a sign on the internet. "I’d like to see some statistics showing some sort of correlation between sales slowdown month-to-month and the number of ALL CAPS POSTINGS ON CRAIGSLIST."