When you are unable to find your next home ON the market try this...

Ever wonder why every time you go to look for a home so many others are as well?  That, while you are driving to a showing, your agent gets a call telling them that the home was just sold.  Or, you find a home online the day it went live, send it to your agent to set up a showing, only to find out it already has multiple offers?  Well, you are not alone.  We are in an inventory crunch … still!  One that would be epic if interest rates were to come down.  In the local market, we are below 5000 homes for sale for a 16 county market!  You read that right.  SIXTEEN COUNTY MARKET and less than 5000 homes for sale.  To emphasize the impact of this point, we are heading into the spring market.  You know, when more buyers flood the market!  Are there other ways to find a home in this market?  Glad you asked…

OFF MARKET PROPERTIES!

So, when you are searching for homes online there is a good chance you are searching on our website (hint hint – GREAT CHOICE), REALTOR.com, Zillow, or your agent’s site (at which point, I would advise to redirect you to WelcomeToCarolina.com.  Did you know that these online sites do not show all of the inventory?  What?  Yep, you see the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) is a database where all "listed" homes are for sale.  Did you notice I emphasized LISTED?  So if they are not listed for sale then they will not appear on Zillow, REALTOR.com or any site.  How might we find these homes?