"Toledo Area Home Sales Roar Back From Recession"

[Andrew Fidler]

Toledo Blade Article

Just posting a pretty encouraging article from the Toledo Blade this week...

- Toledo average home prices are now higher than 2006 prices

- We are up 6.6% in price over June 2017

- Duration on the market is down from 16.3% from last year

“Houses are selling fast, selling at really great pricing. I think our average price was up 4.3 percent from last year, making sellers pretty happy,” said Mr. Kwiatkowski, a real estate agent at Re/Max Preferred Associates.

If there is a downside, the association president said, it’s that home buyers don’t always comprehend just how competitive the Toledo area residential market has become.

“We’re trying to warn our clients upfront — things are really tough out there. You have to bring your best offer right away,” he said.

Conclusion - Toledo continues to recover, grab properties if you want them, get ready for the winter freeze when we get home owners out of the market so we can find some deals again and when you find those things, lock them down!

From the landlord perspective there is still a strong demand for quality rentals, my houses fly off the market and I am seeing more loosening up of mortgage standards as we begin to bump up the interest rates. 

Overall we are doing fine and I wouldn't call Toledo over priced especially in the investment neighborhoods...it's just good to see the scales balancing a bit.

Final quote from the article: “Ten years ago, three out of four listings were homes that were underwater. The seller had to bring significant money to the table just to sell the home” (and cover the remainder of the loan), the association president said. “Now we’re starting to see those folks have equity and they can afford to sell their houses.”

This is good news!