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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>If you’re curious about what market conditions are like in the early stages of 2019,<br />my latest market update will tell you all you need to know.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s time to look at how our market is performing so far in the early part of 2019.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Let’s get right to it: As of now, our active inventory is at 557 homes throughout Santa Clarita Valley and 361 home sales are either pending or in escrow. Year to date, there has been a total of 288 closings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can tell, <b>our market is experiencing a general upturn</b>, with more homes in escrow than what was true of the same time last year. However, active listings haven’t budged much from where they were a year ago</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The marriage of amazingly low rates and<br />our active listings leveling off is encouraging<br />for the strength and stability of our current market.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Interest rates have been tempered as well</b>. In fact, we’ve seen some conventional loans as low as 4.5% as well as FHA and VA loans situated at 4.125%.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The marriage of amazingly low rates and our active listings leveling off—which means homes are still selling well—is encouraging for the strength and stability of our current market</b>. This is to say that there are still moves to be made and plenty of opportunities to secure the best deal possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">If you have any questions related to our real estate market and how it affects your personal situation, don’t hesitate to reach out. Put us to work for you!</span></div>
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