{"id":1342,"date":"2020-12-15T22:17:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T22:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2020-12-15T22:17:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T22:17:13","slug":"holidays-arent-stopping-homebuyers-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/holidays-arent-stopping-homebuyers-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holidays Aren\u2019t Stopping Homebuyers This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1343\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1343\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1343\" src=\"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201215-KCM-Share.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201215-KCM-Share.jpg 750w, https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201215-KCM-Share-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Holidays Aren\u2019t Stopping Homebuyers This Year<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us, yet finding the perfect holiday gifts for friends and family is certainly still top of mind for many right now. This year, there\u2019s another type of buyer that\u2019s very active this holiday season \u2013\u00a0<strong>the homebuyer<\/strong><em>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Each month,\u00a0<em>ShowingTime<\/em>\u00a0releases their\u00a0<a title=\"Showing Index\" href=\"https:\/\/www.showingtime.com\/showingtime-showing-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Showing Index<\/a>\u00a0which tracks the average number of appointments received on active U.S. house listings. The most recent index notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe Showing Index reported a\u00a0<strong>60.9 percent<\/strong>\u00a0jump in nationwide showing traffic year over year in October, the\u00a0<strong>sixth consecutive month<\/strong>\u00a0to see an increase over last year.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s the breakdown of the latest activity by region of the country compared to this time last year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Northeast increased by 65.5%<\/li>\n<li>The West increased by 64.7%<\/li>\n<li>The Midwest increased by 55.7%<\/li>\n<li>The South increased by 54.7%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Why is the traffic so active?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The health crisis definitely put homebuying plans on pause for many earlier this year. Buyers, however, are in the market and making moves well past the typical busy homebuying seasons of spring and summer.<\/p>\n<p>One of the main reasons buyer traffic has continued to soar in the second half of 2020 is how dramatically mortgage rates have fallen. According to\u00a0<em>Freddie Mac<\/em>, the average mortgage rate last December was\u00a0<a title=\"3.72%\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freddiemac.com\/pmms\/archive.html?year=2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3.72%<\/a>. Today, the rate is\u00a0<strong>a full percentage point lower<\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bottom Line<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There are first-time, move-up, and move-down buyers actively looking for the home of their dreams this winter. If you\u2019re thinking of selling your house in 2021, you don\u2019t need to wait until the spring to do it. Your potential buyer is very likely searching for a home in your neighborhood right now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact us:<\/strong><br \/>\nPHP Houses<br \/>\n142 W Lakeview Ave<br \/>\nUnit 1030<br \/>\nLake Mary, FL 32746<br \/>\nPh:\u00a0<span id=\"gc-number-1\" class=\"gc-cs-link\" title=\"Call with Google Voice\">(407) 519-0719<\/span><br \/>\nFax:\u00a0<span id=\"gc-number-2\" class=\"gc-cs-link\" title=\"Call with Google Voice\">(407) 205-1951<\/span><br \/>\nemail:\u00a0info@phphouses.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s Connect:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WeBuyHousesCentralFlorida\/\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/walter-diloreto-25403710\/\">Linkedin<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WalterDiLoreto\">Twitter<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wdiloreto\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<h6><em>THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS ARTICLE IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED LEGAL, FINANCIAL, OR AS ANY OTHER TYPE OF ADVICE.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, there\u2019s another type of buyer that\u2019s very active this holiday season \u2013\u00a0the homebuyer. <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/holidays-arent-stopping-homebuyers-year\/\">Finish Reading<span> The Holidays Aren\u2019t Stopping Homebuyers This Year<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[69],"tags":[38,15,300,10,301,299,27,91,86,52,9,42,63,20,24,48,13,19],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1344,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions\/1344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}