{"id":7231,"date":"2020-04-29T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T10:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/buying-a-home-right-now-easy-no-smart-yes\/"},"modified":"2020-04-29T10:00:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T10:00:26","slug":"buying-a-home-right-now-easy-no-smart-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/buying-a-home-right-now-easy-no-smart-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying a Home Right Now: Easy? No. Smart? Yes."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/28105658\/20200429-KCM-Share-549x300.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Buying a Home Right Now: Easy? No. Smart? Yes. | Simplifying The Market\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/28105658\/20200429-KCM-Share-549x300.jpg 549w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/28105658\/20200429-KCM-Share.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\"><\/p>\n<p>Through all the volatility in the economy right now, some have put their search for a home on hold, yet others have not. According to <em>ShowingTime<\/em>, the real estate industry&rsquo;s leading showing management technology provider, buyers have started to reappear over the last several weeks. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.showingtime.com\/showingtime-showing-index\/\">latest report<\/a>, they revealed:<span id=\"more-42215\"><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&ldquo;The March ShowingTime Showing Index&reg; recorded the first nationwide drop in showing traffic in eight months as communities responded to COVID-19. Early April data show signs of an upswing, however.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Why would people be setting appointments to look at prospective homes when the process of purchasing a home has become more difficult with shelter-in-place orders throughout the country?<\/p>\n<p>Here are three reasons for this uptick in activity:<\/p>\n<p>1. Some people need to move. Whether because of a death in the family, a new birth, divorce, financial hardship, or a job transfer, some families need to make a move as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>2. Real estate agents across the country have become very innovative, utilizing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplifyingthemarket.com\/2020\/04\/17\/how-technology-is-helping-buyers-navigate-the-home-search-process-infographic\/\">technology<\/a> that allows purchasers to virtually:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>View homes<\/li>\n<li>Meet with mortgage professionals<\/li>\n<li>Consult with their agent throughout the process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of this can happen within the required safety protocols, so real estate professionals are continuing to help families make important moves.<\/p>\n<p>3. Buyers understand that mortgage rates are a key component when determining their monthly mortgage payments. Mortgage interest rates are very close to all-time lows and afford today&rsquo;s purchaser the opportunity to save tens of thousands of dollars over the lifetime of the loan.<\/p>\n<p>Looking closely at the third reason, we can see that there&rsquo;s a big difference between purchasing a house last December and purchasing one now <em>(see chart below):<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/28105656\/20200429-MEM-Eng-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42216\" src=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/28105656\/20200429-MEM-Eng-1.jpg\" alt=\"Buying a Home Right Now: Easy? No. Smart? Yes. | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/28105656\/20200429-MEM-Eng-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/28105656\/20200429-MEM-Eng-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bottom Line<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Many families have decided not to postpone their plans to purchase a home, even in these difficult times. If you need to make a move, let&rsquo;s connect today so you have a trusted advisor to safely and professionally guide you through the process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through all the volatility in the economy right now, some have put their search for a home on hold, yet others have not. According to ShowingTime, the real estate industry&rsquo;s leading showing management technology provider, buyers have started to reappear over the last several weeks. In the latest report, they revealed: &ldquo;The March ShowingTime Showing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101010,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[98,99,102,101],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Buying a Home Right Now: Easy? No. Smart? 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