{"id":18607,"date":"2014-03-25T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redfindevelop.wpengine.com\/blog\/research\/?p=18607"},"modified":"2020-10-06T14:36:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T21:36:59","slug":"q1-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/q1-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Redfin Agents Predict Housing Market Will Be More Competitive This Spring Than Last Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Agents in Northeast and Midwest Expect Bidding Wars to Pick Up Most<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Homebuyers, get ready for battle. Redfin agents expect the spring housing market to be more competitive than it was last year, despite a <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/research\/reports\/real-time-price-tracker\/2014\/2014-february.html\" title=\"Redfin Price Tracker, February\">subdued start<\/a> for home sales in 2014. For the latest Redfin Real-Time Agent Survey, we polled 435 Redfin agents and partner agents in 26 U.S. markets, and 61 percent of them expect more competition than in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Agents foresee bidding wars picking up the most in the Northeast and Midwest. Uncoincidentally, these regions are struggling with the most <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/research\/reports\/real-time-price-tracker\/2014\/2014-february.html\" title=\"Redfin Price Tracker, February\">severe inventory shortages<\/a>. In <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/29470\/IL\/Chicago\" title=\"Chicago real estate\">Chicago<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/1826\/MA\/Boston\" title=\"Boston real estate\">Boston<\/a>, for example, homes for sale have decreased by 29 percent and 22 percent, respectively, from last year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBidding wars are heating up in Boston,\u201d says Redfin agent <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/adam-welling#client_types=past_buyers~past_sellers~current_sellers~other&amp;property_types=house~condo~townhome~multi_family~land~other&amp;min_price=0&amp;max_price=no_max&amp;date_range=last_2_years&amp;ratings=1~2~3~4~5~unrated\" title=\"Redfin agent Adam Welling\">Adam Welling<\/a>. \u201cThe difference this year is that competition has spread. With inventory so low, homebuyers are expanding their search, and neighborhoods that didn\u2019t have multiple offers last year are now seeing heavy competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anticipating this competition, home sellers are increasingly negotiating to rent their homes back from buyers for several months to give themselves time to compete for their next home. In fact, 63 percent of agents say they have seen more home sellers negotiating these rent-backs than last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this competitive market, it is very challenging to sell a home and buy a new one without becoming temporarily homeless,\u201d says Redfin <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/21282\/VA\/Arlington-Arlington-County-VA\" title=\"Northern Virginia real estate\">Northern Virginia<\/a> agent <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/real-estate-agents\/jeremy-cunningham\" title=\"Redfin agent Jeremy Cunningham\">Jeremy Cunningham<\/a>. \u201cFor buyers, being sensitive to this challenge, or even offering a rent-back agreement upfront, can help their offer stand out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Redfin agents say the cold winter affected buyer activity. In the Midwest and the Northeast, where winter temperatures and snow were the most extreme, 48 percent and 39 percent of agents, respectively, say the weather hurt buyer activity \u201ca lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Agents Anticipating Stronger Competition Than Last Year \u2026 <\/h3>\n<p>Among agents surveyed, 47 percent of those in the Northeast and 39 percent in the Midwest expect the spring buying season to be \u201cmuch more competitive\u201d than last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/spring-competition.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/spring-competition.png\" alt=\"spring competition\" width=\"650\" style=\"width:650px\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18610\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u2026 As Low Inventory Remains Key Buyer Challenge<\/h3>\n<p>Ninety percent of agents cited \u201clow inventory\u201d as a challenge for buyers, down slightly from 96 percent in the first quarter of 2013. \u201cMultiple offers\u201d was indicated as a key challenge by 81 percent of agents, up notably from 65 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 but down from 96 percent in the first quarter of 2013. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/buyer-challenges.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/buyer-challenges.png\" alt=\"buyer challenges\" width=\"650\" style=\"width:650px\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18611\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Sellers Remain in Control<\/h3>\n<p>When describing the balance of power in the market, agents agree that it is a seller\u2019s market. Across all markets, around half of agents say that \u201csellers have a little more power than buyers.\u201d In the West, 38 percent of agents believe that \u201csellers have all the power\u201d compared with 24 percent in the Midwest. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/balance-of-power.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/balance-of-power.png\" alt=\"balance of power\" width=\"650\" style=\"width:650px\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18613\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Rent-Back Agreements Picking Up<\/h3>\n<p>Redfin agents say that home sellers are negotiating rent-back agreements \u201ca little more often\u201d (41%) and \u201cmuch more often\u201d (22%) than last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Rent-back-chart.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Rent-back-chart.png\" alt=\"Rent-back chart\" width=\"650\" style=\"width:650px\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18614\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Weather Hurt Buyer Activity \u201cA Lot\u201d <\/h3>\n<p>Frigid temperatures put buyer demand on ice this winter, Redfin agents say. In the Midwest and the Northeast, 48 percent and 39 percent say the weather hurt buyer demand \u201ca lot.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bad-weather.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bad-weather.png\" alt=\"bad weather\" width=\"650\" style=\"width:650px\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18615\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About the Survey<\/h3>\n<p>This survey was conducted between March 17 and 20, and survey respondents included 435 agents from Redfin and outside brokerages. Respondents spanned 26 metropolitan markets in the U.S., including West: <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/5155\/CO\/Denver\">Denver<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/11203\/CA\/Los-Angeles\">Los Angeles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/county\/332\/CA\/Orange-County\">Orange County<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/14240\/AZ\/Phoenix\">Phoenix<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/30772\/OR\/Portland\">Portland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/16409\/CA\/Sacramento\">Sacramento<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/16904\/CA\/San-Diego\">San Diego<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/17151\/CA\/San-Francisco\">San Francisco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/16163\/WA\/Seattle\">Seattle<\/a>; South: <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/30756\/GA\/Atlanta\">Atlanta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/30818\/TX\/Austin\">Austin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/1073\/MD\/Baltimore\">Baltimore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/3105\/NC\/Charlotte\">Charlotte<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/30794\/TX\/Dallas\">Dallas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/8903\/TX\/Houston\">Houston<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/11458\/FL\/Miami\">Miami<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/21282\/VA\/Arlington-Arlington-County-VA\" title=\"Northern Virginia real estate\">Northern Virginia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/35711\/NC\/Raleigh\">Raleigh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/16657\/TX\/San-Antonio\" title=\"San Antonio real estate\">San Antonio<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/12839\/DC\/Washington-DC\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>; Midwest: <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/29470\/IL\/Chicago\">Chicago<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/10943\/MN\/Minneapolis\" title=\"Minneapolis real estate\">Minneapolis<\/a>; Northeast: <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/1826\/MA\/Boston\">Boston<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/county\/1985\/NY\/Queens-County\">Long Island<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/15502\/PA\/Philadelphia\">Philadelphia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/city\/15272\/RI\/Providence\" title=\"Providence, RI real estate\">Providence, RI<\/a>   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homebuyers, get ready for battle. 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