🏡 Eight Houses, Zero Furniture — What That Tells Us About Today’s Market
I showed eight houses this weekend. Every single one of them was vacant — no furniture, no owners, no renters. Just empty rooms waiting for a buyer who can make the numbers work.
And that’s the problem right now.
We don’t need more new houses being built. We need price adjustments on the homes that are already sitting on the market.
When every listing I walk through is vacant, that tells me sellers have already moved on. They’ve relocated, downsized, or bought their next place — and their old home is just sitting there waiting.
Meanwhile, first-time buyers are still being priced out. Interest rates might come down a little, but unless sellers start being realistic about pricing, those buyers won’t get their chance to build equity and stability through homeownership.
There’s a balance between what a seller wants and what the market will bear. Right now, the market is whispering — actually shouting — that it’s time to listen.
We don’t need more inventory.
We need right-priced inventory.
When prices start matching what local buyers can afford, we’ll see homes fill up again — not with staging furniture, but with families, laughter, and life.
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