
After a challenging year of 2020, 2021 has become a worrying fact for every living person on the Earth. How this year would be impacted is now the highly circulated question.
Real Estate is no different. Due to the coronavirus pandemic led lockdown and the downward sloping economy, the home sales were disrupted in the spring of 2020. Spring is considered as the peak season for real estate. Although according to the reports of real estate experts, the rise in the home sales during the ending months of 2020, has balanced the losses from spring market. Now the question is that what 2021 has in store for the real estate sector.After that it could be decided whether to stay put, buy or sell.
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• #1: Slim Picking
Inventory in real estate market has been very much lower than the other years. Comparing with the last year, the percentage of inventory made a very steep downward movement by 22%.
Slim Pickings for the Buyers: low inventory in the market means less options to the seekers. So it's an alert for the buyers for being quick in making purchase decision, regarding the houses with maximum favorable features.
Replacement of the luxury requirements with the fundamental requirements is the first priority.
Search for houses beyond your selected choices of neighborhood.
For a home loan, be ready and approved for a mortgage, prior the house hunting and much ahead of time.
Slim picking for sellers: low inventory suggests lower selling competition. Therefore, a seller is in an advantageous position for accepting the best offer available.
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• #2: Rising Home Prices
By the end of e year 2020, the existing home prices whopped up by 15%.
Rising home prices for buyers are never a welcoming news. Commitment for staying within the budget is must. Indulgence in wrong offers is strictly forbidden. Decisions must be taken after a detailed study of the home loan market. Figuring out the monthly payment that fits the budget is a wiser step to take.
Rising Home Prices for Sellers, on the other hand, is a long lasting advantageous situation.To get the best offers, the seller must do a detailed analysis of the local market. Patience is the key in this situation, less desperation might lead to a higher profit.
• #3: Low Mortgage Interest Rates
The average rate for a fixed mortgage rate of 15 year dropped down to 2.31% in November 2020, which according to the economists would be around 3%.
For the buyers this helps affordability, yet impulsive decisions shouldn't be taken.Sticking to the pocket friendly monthly payment limit is advisable.
For the Sellers their interest and possibility of selling home is inversely related with the mortgage interest rates.
• #4: Growing Real Estate Services
There are a number if real estate services, rendered by different private companies over internet.
These companies act as a Third Party Buyer. The seller information then about the house they want to sell and these buyers buys the property from seller. After that they invest some money on the house and sell them to the ultimate buyers at an elevated price. They handle the issues of repairs, inspection and home showing against a commission.
The Virtual Agents gives the services of a traditional agent, but only by conducting the job online. Their charges are much lower than the charges of traditional agents.But due to no personal contact these virtual agents might be a little riskier too.
Digital Technology has made it pretty easier handling the document based transactions using electronic signature apps and also remote online notarization to make a smooth movement of the process.
• #5: More Accessibility to Risky Buying Options
Rent-to-Own is a way where a seller offers the buyer to rent the home he is wanting to buy before the transfer of ownership. The buyer can bypass the immediate need of the bulk sum of money. But if the buyer wants to terminate the deal, the money already paid is wasted, maintenance and repairs of the home are burdened on the buyer even before owning the house, the rents are expensive.
Another risky option to buy a home is taking Loans for Down Payments .As the name suggests the buyer borrows money for paying the down payment. This is not at all recommended to opt as it maximize the interest liability to a very high limit.

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