1. Market Update for a Buyers Market
Fairfax County

2. Agenda What’s happening in the market Progress in marketing your home
A plan for moving forward 2

3. What Today’s Buyers Are Thinking
Insert local buyer behavior and attitudes here: XX 3

4. What’s Happening in the Market
Houses priced properly for this market are selling.
Insert local market trends here: XX 4

5. Sample Market Absorption Rate
Anytown, USA
5.1
months of supply (absorption
rate)
117 current active listings =
23 reported sales in last 30 days
Review the generic sample calculation and/or a customized calculation you prepared for your office market area.
Follow the instructions below to update this slide with customized information for your office.
Save the Sales Meeting Guide presentation to your C drive.
Open the Sales Meeting Guide presentation from your C drive.
Scroll down to the “Sample Market Absorption Rate” slide in the weekly training section of the presentation.
Double-click on the slide to be able to make edits.
Click in each section of the formula to edit text.
Save the document to save edits.
The absorption rate, also known as months of supply, is the number of months projected to deplete the existing inventory of homes based on current monthly sales, assuming no new homes will come on the market. In the example above, it would take slightly more than 5 months to sell the existing inventory of homes. 5

6. Market Absorption Scale (Absorption Rate in Months)
5-6 months absorption rate indicates a normal market. 6

7. Listings from the MLS in Weichert Market Areas
Note: The Otteau Report slide that has previously followed this page of the presentation is no longer available.
In our local area (DC, MD, and VA), the number of homes for sale (Weichert and non-Weichert listings) has steadily increased over the past two years. 7

8. Housing Statistics
Capital Region
Fairfax County

9. Fairfax County
Active Listings
-17% Compared to 11/16

10. Fairfax County
New Pending
0% Compared to 11/16

11. Fairfax County
Absorption Rate
2 MONTH SUPPLY

12. List vs. Sold Price 98% List to Sold Price 98% List to Sold Price
Fairfax County
List vs. Sold Price
98% List to Sold Price
98% List to Sold Price

13. Fairfax County
Number Homes Sold
+4% Compared to 11/16

14. Key Market Statistics Week Ending XX/XX/XX Year
Town
Total Listings
Under Contract
Last 30 Days
Months of Supply/
Absorption Rate
Town A xx
Town B
Town C
Town D
Town E
This slide requires customization. Talk to your Manager for your local market statistics. 14

15. Market Scale for Supply & Demand
High Supply/Low Demand
Low Supply/High Demand
Normal
Market Absorption in Months 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Normal
Weichert has been studying market conditions for more than 3 decades and has found a direct correlation between market absorption and property values.
As absorption rates increase beyond a normal market level of 5-6 months, property values depreciate annually.
Note: This Market Scale is valid only for absorption rates between 1 and 12 months. 15

16. Price to hit the market not chase it
Your Listing
Your Listing
Market
Market
Market 16

17. Price Trend Analysis
The Price Trend Analysis is Weichert’s tool for summarizing market trends
It includes a pricing and inventory analysis to determine a price range and time frame for selling a home
The price range is based on homes that have sold in the past, in the recent past, those that are currently under contract and houses currently on the market 17

18. Price Trend Analysis
For the following two slides, choose the version of the PTA you will be using and delete the other slide. 18

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21. Let’s look at your competition
Properties currently in competition with yours for buyer attention.
Properties that have caught buyer attention in the last 30 days.
At this rate, how many months will it take for the current buyer demand to absorb the current listing supply in this sector of the market? 21

22. Competitively Priced Homes are Selling
Effects of Over Pricing:
Buyer excitement diminishes quickly
Extends time house is on the market
Results in price reductions
May attract “bargain hunters” and discounted offers
Effects of Right Pricing:
Promotes a sense of urgency among buyers
Generates interest and showings
Controls negotiations
Results in highest price in shortest time 22

23. How would you like your home to be positioned in the market?23

24. Progress in Marketing Your Home
Broker open house
Public open houses
Agent showings
Internet activity
Agent feedback
Buyer feedback 24

25. Progress in Marketing Your Home
Broker open house
Public open houses
Agent showings
Internet activity
Agent feedback
Buyer feedback
Bottom line . . .
Our experience is that an average of 30 showings on a property, usually brings an offer. 25

26. A Plan for Moving Forward
The market is telling us, by the absence of offers, to generate fresh interest by repositioning your home
This will bring a whole new group of buyers
Your home will stand out among all other properties 26

27. Your Home vs. the Home You’ll Purchase
If the home you’re purchasing when you’re moving up has adjusted the same percentage of its value as the home you’re selling, your move is now more affordable.
Home A
Home B
Cost of Upgrade
Past
$300,000
$500,000
$200,000
Current
$270,000
$450,000
$180,000
Difference
-10%
$20,000
Savings
(To move up from a $300,000 home to a $500,000 home takes an additional $200,000.
If each home has a 10% adjustment of its value, only $180,000 additional is needed – a savings of $20,000.) 27

28. Let’s respond to the market.28