With the sudden shift of the economy turning upwards, the inventory of homes for sale in Naperville has slowly been creeping downwards. However, I just received word from a friend of mine who has been in the mortgage business for the past 12 years that mortgage rates are the lowest that he has ever seen.
There is a plus side to the housing market being in a decline, and that would be the limited amount of bad agents out there. This is a great benefit if you are in the market to buy or sell a home, because chances are you will find a more reliable, up-to-date realtor. In the past a lot of agents did a lot of their work from their offices, but now they really do need to be out in the field in order to be successful. With that information though, you do still need to be careful in choosing your agent.
There are numerous new rules to survival in the current real estate market. A lot of them however, I have looked at the demand side of the equation. Sure, if you market properly for listing leads you may have numerous properties to offer the new exacting customer, but where do you find that New Exacting Customer?