Hobe Sound Posts Gain in Pending Home Sales Making it a Clean Sweep
By Tom Priester, Paradise Sharks
(Paradise Sharks )
Pending and contingent home sales data are very important metrics when determining how strong real estate sales will be in the months ahead. I like to carefully review this information for each of the communities where I am most active on at least a monthly basis as it gives me a heads up on what the future might bring for my clients. When a bilateral contract is entered into there are typically contingencies, historically mainly for home inspections and financing, but in today’s world many times they are short sales waiting for third party, or bank approval. Once these contingencies are lifted the change should be properly recorded into the MLS system as “pending”. History shows us that the large majority of pending listings will ultimately close, usually within the next two month...
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