Coming Soon: A Buyers’ Market?

It’s a buyers’ market for home shoppers this spring, say housing economists and analysts. Slowing price increases, lower mortgage rates, and increasing numbers of homes for sale all point to easing homebuying conditions, according to The New York Times.

A year ago, many housing markets were in a “frenzy,” with multiple buyers competing for properties, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the Realtors association. But the inventory of homes for sale has notched upward this spring, tilting the balance of power away from sellers, especially for higher-priced homes.

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