Prospective Buyers Persist in a Tough Real Estate Market
Prospective buyers persist in a tough real estate market By Michele Lerner June 4 at 6:30 AM The Washington Post Before people can put out a welcome mat, they have to find a house. And that’s proving harder than ever. (iStock) Listings for homes for sale have dropped year-over-year for 34 consecutive months, according to the National Association of Realtors, as prospective buyers are likely aware. Yet the most recent Housing Trends Report by the National Association of Home Builders shows that most home buyers won’t give up looking for a home. Among the 17 percent of people who responded to the NAHB pool that they were planning to buy a home in 2018, 42 percent said they were actively searching for a home during the first quarter of 2018. More than half (51 percent) reported they had already been looking for a house for three months or longer. [ Judge dismisses class-action suit against Zillow’s Zestimate ] Mo...