Friday I posted “Sellers: Kick it into gear!” which advised anyone currently trying to sell a home to take advantage of the awesome weather forecasted over the next week. And just as I had suspected, buyers were on the hunt. I had far more calls over the weekend than I’d had in the last 3 weeks put together. Mostly from internet marketing and the “for sale” signage. It’s encouraging to see good activity in our local market place despite the fact that numbers are down over last year. However, when you consider that last year this time the number of home sales was at an all time high for Utah, what do you expect.
Of all the leads I got this weekend, 50% were first time homebuyers of which 90% are going FHA. A couple were repeat buyers but had to sell their homes first, one was an investor and another was an out of state buyer relocating to the area. No offers on the homes they were inquiring about, but I’ll be following up with these buyers and if there’s no interest in my listings, I’ll try to turn them to something else.
If you experienced something similar this weekend, I’d like to hear about it. You can let me know by commenting to this post or dop me an email at will@northernutahhomes.com
Also, tomorrow is Tuesday so watch for the new “Foreclosure Hotsheet“. Ciao for now.
Tags: buyer, Buyers, FHA, for sale, foreclosure, home, home activity, Home Sales, homebuyers, investor, listings, local market, marketing, sellers, Utah, weekend
