{"id":11080,"date":"2017-02-28T12:53:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T12:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/?p=11080"},"modified":"2017-02-28T12:53:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T12:53:47","slug":"contract-signings-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/contract-signings-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"Contract Signings Would Be Higher If\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Contract Signings Would Be Higher If\u2026<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_11081\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/28\/contract-signings-higher\/attachment\/02282017\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11081\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11081\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11081\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/02282017.jpg\" alt=\"Contract Signings Would Be Higher If\u2026\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/02282017.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/02282017-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contract Signings Would Be Higher If\u2026<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pending home sales weakened in January as insufficient supply levels of homes for sale continues to press on many markets, particularly in the Midwest and West, the National Association of REALTORS\u00ae reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p>NAR\u2019s Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, dropped 2.8 percent to a reading of 106.4 in January. The latest reading on the index is about 0.4 percent above a year ago, but it\u2019s the lowest reading since that time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe significant shortage of listings last month, along with deteriorating affordability as the result of higher home prices and mortgage rates, kept many would-be buyers at bay,\u201d says Lawrence Yun, NAR\u2019s chief economist. \u201cBuyer traffic is easily outpacing seller traffic in several metro areas and is why homes are selling at a much faster rate than a year ago. Most notably in the West, it\u2019s not uncommon to see a home come off the market within a month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yun says that Americans\u2019 interest in purchasing a home is at the highest level since the Great Recession. More households are feeling confident about their financial situation, and job growth is strong. However, despite their optimism, more home shoppers are faced with limited choices due to a shortage of homes for-sale. The limited supply is also driving up prices in many areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJanuary\u2019s accelerated price appreciation is concerning because it\u2019s over double the pace of income growth and mortgage rates are up considerably from six months ago,\u201d says Yun. \u201cEspecially in the most expensive markets, prospective buyers will feel this squeeze to their budget and will likely have to come up with additional savings or compromise on home size or location.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Further, real estate professionals may see their sales more limited over the next few months. Yun says existing-home sales will likely \u201cbe choppy in the coming months as buyers compete for the meager number of listings in their price range.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: National Association of REALTORS\u00ae<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contract Signings Would Be Higher If\u2026 &nbsp; Pending home sales weakened in January as insufficient supply levels of homes for sale continues to press on many markets, particularly in the Midwest and West, the National Association of REALTORS\u00ae reported Monday. NAR\u2019s Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, dropped 2.8 percent &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/contract-signings-higher\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[5,32,4,9],"class_list":["post-11080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-real-estate-tips","tag-anthony-didonato","tag-news","tag-real-estate","tag-tips","item-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Contract Signings Would Be Higher If\u2026 - Real Estate Agent and Sales in PA - Anthony DiDonato Broomall, Media, Delaware County and surrounding areas in Pennsylvania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/contract-signings-higher\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/contract-signings-higher\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/contract-signings-higher\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/964792b6994e8cc4cbddc36ad4824908\"},\"headline\":\"Contract Signings Would Be Higher If\u2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-28T12:53:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-28T12:53:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/contract-signings-higher\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":350,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/964792b6994e8cc4cbddc36ad4824908\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/contract-signings-higher\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/02282017.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anthony DiDonato\",\"News\",\"Real Estate\",\"tips\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Real Estate Tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/contract-signings-higher\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/contract-signings-higher\\\/\",\"name\":\"Contract Signings Would Be Higher If\u2026 - 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