When you begin your home-buying search, there may be many terms you are unfamiliar with. In today’s blog post, we go in-depth on what the difference between a buyer and seller's market is. I’m sure you hear this a lot, so let’s get into it!
Buyer’s Market
This means there are more homes on the market than there are buyers.
In this type of market, buyers will spend more time looking for homes. There are more homes on the market, giving the small number of potential buyers more to choose from. The prices of homes can be stable or perhaps dropping. Sellers will find that buyers have stronger leverage when negotiating.
Seller’s Market
This means there are more buyers than there are homes for sale.
With fewer homes on the market and more buyers, homes sell quickly in a seller’s market. Prices of homes are likely to increase, and there are more likely to be multiple offers on a home. Multiple offers give the seller negotiating power, and conditional offers may be rejected.
Balanced Market
This means there are the same amount of homes for sale and buyers.
When there is equal competition between buyers and sellers, this means that there are reasonable offers given by buyers and homes sell within a reasonable time. With less tension between buyers and sellers, the prices of homes remain stable.
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