
Buyers must make good offers quickly to snag homes in sizzling market
An especially low inventory of homes for sale is driving up prices and requiring buyers to take unusual steps to secure the places they want.
An especially low inventory of homes for sale is driving up prices and requiring buyers to take unusual steps to secure the places they want.
Sales of existing homes in central Indiana showed a 2.5 percent decline in March, marking the 11th monthly decrease in the last year.
U.S. home prices climbed at more than double the rate of incomes in January, a trend driven by tight supplies that could ultimately create affordability challenges.
Sales of existing homes in central Indiana are off to a slow start this year after falling in February, marking the 10th decline in 11 months.
Sales of existing homes in central Indiana plunged nearly 10 percent in January as the number of properties on the market tumbled by an even greater percentage.
Steady job growth and low mortgages drew more buyers into the market, causing both sales and prices to climb steadily.
Sales of existing homes in the nine-county area experienced their most robust performance since before the Great Recession, while prices continued to rise, F.C. Tucker said Wednesday.
The introduction of a new disclosure form in October likely prevented many homebuyers from closing on sales in November. Home values are also rising at more than double the pace of wages.
Pending sales of existing homes in the metro area fell 15.3 percent last month compared with October 2014, according to F.C. Tucker Co. Sale prices rose against shrinking inventory.
Home-sale agreements in central Indiana dropped for the fifth straight month in August, according to a report released Monday by real estate agency F.C. Tucker Co.
Home-sale agreements in central Indiana fell 4.5 percent in July, marking the fourth time in five months that deals have decreased on a year-over-year basis.
Home transactions in Hamilton County posted the biggest decline. But central Indiana sales for the first five months of the year are still up 9 percent from the same period last year.
Area home-sale agreements are up 8.9 percent through the first four months of the year compared with the same time period last year.
Central Indiana home transactions were on the rise for the third straight month in February, a positive sign for the residential real estate industry after a disappointing year in 2014.
Buyers signed deals for 1,702 homes in January, a 4.7-percent gain over the same month last year. Average home prices and the inventory of listed homes each inched up about 1 percent.
Existing home sales in the Indianapolis area fell 2.6 percent in 2014, breaking a string of three straight annual increases, real estate agency F.C. Tucker Co. said Thursday morning.
The number of sale agreements for existing homes in the nine-county area in November fell 2.8 percent. A shrinking inventory led to higher sale prices.
The number of home-sale agreements for the nine-county area in October rose a grand total of two from 2,170 in the same month last year. Sale prices, however, made strong strides.
Home-sale agreements in August declined 9.6 percent, marking the 12th consecutive month of declining deals for houses in the nine-county Indianapolis area.
Home-sale agreements declined 13.8 percent in the nine-county area in July, the 11th straight month deals have decreased.