[Seakony]

Don't forget me... I also bought and sold a home this year..and at the worst time for selling...January!. We had several offers on our house within a week of putting it on the market. Our problem in buying a house was the good properties available. Most everything we looked at were dogs and in need of alot of repair.
Also when we were getting ready to sell ours, we went to look at the competition..also dogs and way overpriced. The most important things in selling a house is Location, price and condition. If people do not want to fix and update their home, then it ain't going to sell at the price they want for it. Period. Also...empty vacant houses take longer to sell than homes that are clean and "staged" with furniture. (some people cannot visulize.) My parents home, while clean as a whistle, was vacant and I got lousy offers on it. I put some furniture in it, put up a fence to block the nasty backyard next door, raised the price 2000.00 and sold it that week at full price. My SIL also place furniture in her vacant, really nice house, and sold it within a week.
Buyers do not want to buy a house that is dirty, clothes on the floor instead of the closet, and still looks like something out of the 70's. And neighbors with nasty yards don't help either.
I too also noticed that alot of peeps were buying homes...and wondered where the press was getting their info.