Real Estate Broker Lock Box Report for March 20, 2017

Realtor Lock Box Openings Increase to Typical Season-High Levels!

Moving farther into the new year of 2017, we have a continued mis-match of Home Buyers to Home Sellers; with Available Inventory at an Extremely Low level (ref: What is My Vancouver WA Condo Worth - January 2017). The following chart is provided by RMLS, showing that real estate brokers have been opening boxes for Condos and Homes now almost 5,000 times for the week of March 20th.  

RMLS Washington Lock-Box Activity - Week Ending 3-20-17

This level of activity is not usually seen until mid-summer (Peak of the Year). 

Here are our recommended Home Owen Action Items if you are thinking of selling:

• Commence with Maintenance and Repair items. Buyers will still be interested in a Condo or Home in Excellent Repair.
   
• Pack-up and De-Clutter - this activity can make the spaces in your home seem so much bigger.
    
• Fresh Paint, Clean Flooring - the Appeal to Buyers for these items cannot be understated - a Must Do!
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• Contact us for your Real Estate Home Value Analysis.

Please contact us right away with any questions or assistance you may need with any of the above bulleted items - we are glad to be of assistance.

Home Shoppers - get Preapproved and save as much as you can for Down-Payment, Closing Costs and Inspection costs - these all help you better compete against other eager buyers.

Thank you for visiting and reading our real estate market update for Vancouver and Southwest Washington. Please feel free to contact us with any questions, or requests for assistance.

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PS - 2017's Real Estate Market is going at full speed for Vancouver WA.  If you ace planning on Selling or, just want to know what your home is worth -  we offer a no-cost, no-obligation Real Estate Home Value for your Vancouver WA Home.  We also have on-line form to request your Home Market Analysis,,  Either way we trust you won't delay!

PPS - Now is a great time to visit our Homes For Sale Vancouver WA page, or the separate page for Condos for sale in Vancouver WA.  We've put much custom work in to make it Easy for You to search by Neighborhood or by Category, with Homes  and real estate listings from the entire RMLS.  Sign-up Not Required!

Some of the Popular Searches include:  Fairway Village Homes For Sale;  Cascade Park Homes; The Heights Homes; Felida Homes; Fishers Landing Homes; Hazel Dell / Lakeshore Homes; Minnehaha / Walnut Grove Homes; and Salmon Creek Homes.

We also have Category searches including: Acreage Homes Vancouver WA; Listing Real Estate Agent Vancouver WA; One-Level Ranch Homes for sale in Vancouver WA.

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This report and any custom charts (prepared by John Slocum Realtor®, our resident statistician) are based on home sales posted in the Vancouver MLS system (RMLS).

Disclaimer: as with any real estate statistics, we do our best to provide the best representation at the time the data was acquired.  We deem the data and reports reliable but not guaranteed.