Home sellers can finally say goodbye to inflated six percent commissions. The big news in the real estate market this month wasn't the stagnant sales or home prices. The bombshell news for the ho...
https://aaronlayman.com/2024/03/home-sellers-can-say-goodbye-to-six-percent-commissions/
Denton County's real estate market continues to struggle with inventory & affordability issues. While higher than last year, closed sales in North Texas were still hovering near a decade-low in J...
https://aaronlayman.com/2024/02/inventory-affordability-issues-affecting-real-estate-market/
Denton County home prices finished out the year right where they started. A strong start to 2023 saw prices and sales activity continue to move higher into the summer. That's when the Denton Coun...
https://aaronlayman.com/2024/01/denton-county-home-prices-finish-2023-right-where-they-started/
The Census Bureau reported new home sales for November at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 590,000 units. That was well below expectations. The median new home price was $434,700 accor...
https://aaronlayman.com/2023/12/whats-going-on-with-new-home-sales/
Denton County's housing market was still searching for that soft landing in November. Home sales were down 2 percent year-over-year. Pending sales fell by nine percent. Median home prices were st...
https://aaronlayman.com/2023/12/denton-county-housing-market-searching-for-a-soft-landing/
The North Texas housing market continued to cool with mortgage rates rising to eight percent in October. Closed sales in Denton County fell 9 percent from a year ago. Pending contracts slid 2 per...
https://aaronlayman.com/2023/11/north-texas-housing-market-stalls-with-eight-percent-rates/
The verdict in the Sitzer/Burnett commission trial is in. The jury wasted little time in finding for the plaintiff sellers in the bombshell commission suit involving major real estate brokers and...
https://aaronlayman.com/2023/11/jury-sides-with-sellers-in-bombshell-commission-suit/
Denton County's real estate market was running out of steam in September. New cycle highs for mortgage rates and more typical seasonality took a bite out of demand. Sales volume dropped 9 percent...
https://aaronlayman.com/2023/10/denton-county-real-estate-market-running-out-of-steam/
Denton County's real estate market ran into significant hurdles in August. Mortgage interest rates for prospective buyers reached a new high for the cycle. That took a bite out of sales activity ...
https://aaronlayman.com/2023/09/new-highs-for-mortgage-rates-curb-denton-countys-real-estate-market/
Denton County house payments hit record highs in July. Prospective home buyers continued to get pinched by higher mortgage rates and the rebound in North Texas home prices through the first half ...
https://aaronlayman.com/2023/08/denton-county-house-payments-hit-record-highs/