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Careers On The Line 58: The First 90 Days Of A New Job - Duration: 16:39.

Welcome to another episode of On The Line I'm Joe Mullings here

with the Mrs. Holly Scott.

Hello Joe. Nice to be here.

Back together.

Bonnie and Clyde in studio

and boy the studios looking good. We've got a full studio.

We've got one, two, three,

four cameras and five

operators.

I haven't seen this many cameras since you know brand smart

or somewhere.

Boy was going to go somewhere with that.

But I'll just move right along.

Right along what's the topic today?

Interestingly enough,

your first 90 days on the job.

Yes. You're a pro at this one.

You're fantastic at follow up all the time

with individuals and what guidance do you give them a lot of

times in the first 90 days?

Well I think the first 90 days we all have to realize our

probationary on all sides, right? Regardless

of what your employment contract offer letters say,

you are feeling them out. You are getting to know them

and they are getting to know you. Let's think about it there's probably what

maybe eight clock hours that you've spent together before

all of a sudden you're married.

So here we are first 90 days

and you're figuring it out.

Now this is interesting because just

in the last couple of weeks I had an individual who reached out to me

and he was around six weeks in

and having a real challenge in

establishing a strong communication funnel

with his current manager

and his concern was he was hired to do a job

and he was really afraid that if he went

to an ask too many questions that he would be doubted

in terms of competency.

And he ended up running in the wrong direction a

couple of times.

By not asking questions? Right. Right. He thought OK this is the way we

should be going. Let me run with this

and bam. Wrong direction.

And it happened again.

So the good news is we had a few conversations

about it. He did go to his manager

and basically started with look we're we're obviously

not effectively communicating here

and I want to make sure that we're on the same page

and I need a little more input until I'm certain

on how you want to go directionally speaking.

And they set up calls every week for

the subsequent four weeks. And that really helped get it on the rails.

Look it's comes down to communication.

I mean we just had that in our organization,

right? Walter's here 90 days.

Whatever it is and we have to communicate more as

well. I mean that's just normal it's human beings any relationship.

Right. And you can't be afraid of asking the questions.

Now if you ask the questions without context they

could be totally misunderstood.

Correct. So you have to make sure that when you're going in

with the question whether you're

questioning up or questioning down,

right? Depending where you are in the organization,

you put context around the question because this way somebody doesn't

have you walk away

and you give them the old eye roll like Holy crap I can't

believe you asked me that question. But if you put context

around the question the person understands why you asked the question.

Yeah. Yeah.

And if you start if any conversation starts

with what's in the best interest of the overarching organization.

All right. What are our goals

and here's where we're at

and here's what I need personally in order to facilitate that.

Here's what's lacking that sets the table for OK

we're on the same team. We're here for the same goal.

And here's the issue.

Can we fix it together by doing this

or by this way or do you have a suggestion

on how we can better for our work.

If I understand what you're saying though you're talking about already addressing a potential

problem on the table. What I'm talking about is if contextually you

stay out ahead of that. Yes.

You're not addressing a problem.

Right. Exactly. So don't wait for something to become an issue.

In other words you can see it coming you are typically hired

because you know the playing field that you're on

and you got hired because it was perceived that you were a solid player

in that area you should be able to

with a high level of predictability understand what's

coming down the road if you get thrown a curveball totally

go into the person that use your supervisor

and say look I noticed this

and I wasn't sure this was on the horizon.

We didn't talk about this.

I'm thinking A, B or C

and I'm thinking A, B or C because D,

E or F.

What are your thoughts? Exactly.

So make sure you surround the potential challenge

with intelligent observations again so

your supervisor doesn't have the eye roll when you walk out of the meeting.

Right. Right.

No. No. Staying ahead of it is important.

And I see no reason why you shouldn't have frequent communication

with a new manager especially in those first

90 days. As long as you make sure it's not high maintenance.

Right. Because there's a fine line between communicating

and perceived high maintenance.

Right. Like I said I hired this person because they knew what they

were doing yet they're coming in the office every day asking me these

questions. So you know I'm going to play both

sides of that. Yeah we'll that's where it comes back in my opinion

to the overarching goal of the organization because is

it are you serving the corporate goals

or the owner or the team goals

or are you serving yourself.

Do you need to know because you need to know because you need that gratification

or do you need to know because it's going to impact the way that the end

result. Well I'm glad you clarified that because that's different.

Right. So I don't want our listeners to go oh go in there

and over communicate.

And if you're going in there because you need it for affirmation

or an atta boy or a girl hug then that could be

a challenge before it's too frequent.

Yeah. If you're going in there

and you have the question

and again you put context around the question it's clear

from the supervisor that you're not asking for it because

you need the atta boy or a girl.

Yeah. No. No. And without question that's got to be

both her and important pieces.

I also believe that your

first 30 to 60 days is

you can't make a second first impression.

So if you're starting a new role I think

you need to bring in the absolute best game that you can

hammer away meaning time in the office.

Working through lunch.

Being the last out the door.

For those that think that you're setting a precedent that you can't sustain.

Don't think that way because

the other side of that is that people are not

impressed with you.

Right. I'd rather you move from a position of backing off

over overextension of what you're doing.

But when you put in that 12

or 14 hour first 30 60 days

the benefit to you is you come up to speed quicker.

Right. You get to know your players your assets.

You get to know everything.

The individual who gets in the weeds on what their team

is involved with getting out from behind the desk

looking at the projects seeing where they can help.

You're going to make a lot more allies quicker

and you will. Be careful

with that. Again what you have to do is getting

down in the weeds can misrepresent as a micromanager.

What you need to do is if you're coming in in those first 60,

90 days you have a sit down

with your team especially on a leadership role

and say look the first 60 days I'm going to get

down into the granularity of things I don't want to be a micromanager

what I want you to help me

with is the ability to help you.

I want to understand all the challenges in your role.

All the opportunities in your role

and at times seem funny

or odd that I'm interested in filling out your

expense account.

I'm not a micromanager

but the more I understand the more it can be an asset

to you. I'm going to back off that after 60 days

but I want you to understand why I'm getting down into your weeds.

Very very important to frame that not just going

there without people understanding that they're walking into

potentially a micromanager role.

No I agree. I agree. And there is there's so much to be said for

you know that first and last out what you learn

on that. It's not just what you're showing

but it's also who you who is in early

and those those early conversations I know from some of even our recruiters

they have had more learning lessons from their peers

in these early morning conversations

or late evening conversations problem solving about things

that are happening that are it's just a better time to catch

people. It's generally a better time to catch people

and socially and professionally socially

and professionally. And they tie in closely especially

those first first few months you're developing relationships

on your strength

and your expertise and your time

and credibility and respect.

And you're also looking around

and saying are these people going to back me if I need them.

This is you this is your team.

We've had individuals and I know you have two leaders

come into organizations and completely blow it

with their team because they were so interested

in what their manager was thinking of them.

And they they cared less about what the team below

below was really had what

they were doing what they were working on

and the team end up rising up

and saying this is not this is not working.

You know so it's critical that you develop

a good working understanding all around

and you're going to get that from being involved.

That comes down to setting expectations in that first 90 days.

I see too many people over promise a lot of times organizations

especially the sales marketing side commercial facing they'll ask for

what your 90 day plan.

And I don't have any idea how you can potentially

give a 90 day plan when you haven't even stepped on the field.

I and so be really careful that my guidance on

that is just really don't under

promise.

However pick fewer sort

of landmarks that you plan on delivering.

And I would say make your first 90 days information

gathering in nature

and not promises on deliverables

and a really good manager leader

will understand that especially if you state it's say look.

Smith I know I'm reporting it to you my first 90

day goal obviously is to impact X Y

and Z. Having said that I'm really thinking

about this on a one year plan.

My first 90 days is going to be inventory

and a reference point of where we are what my team looks like

what my assets are around me.

I might be able to accelerate that

and I'd be happy at any point in time to sit down

with you to clarify some of my activities.

Yeah. No I would be put off by someone who walked in

and said here's my plan.

After a day again eight to 12 hours of conversation

and two months.

If you have a working draft if you have here's some my ideas

and here's all the things that I'd want to get more information on.

Cool because that becomes a working document that you can share

and you can actually go from. But a plan itself

is as presumptuous and Emily

and I would even be careful

with that because you know what.

And as we continue to grow as an organization I'll give you exact

example.

A lot of times when somebody comes in new

you know I'd like to do this this this this

and this when you do that to a leader

or a CEO the CEO most of the time has

to say no to that because you don't have enough information

even though your aspirations

and plans are appropriate.

Either the CEO doesn't know how you're going to

pull that off or the CEO knows that

those assets aren't available for you.

So he or she the CEO

or the leader to that person you're declaring what you're going to deliver

is or you want is going to have to say no no

no. And that starts out a relationship in a really tricky

situation. That sets a negative.

So again it's all about I'm going to spend 90 days

on really gathering info.

Right. Because of economics

or resources or manpower

or buying lifecycle of the product

or what other headwinds you have no idea going on

right for you even walk into the organization.

Yeah yeah. Those are very

good points.

And the 90 day period is a lot

of people will sigh look back

and say wow it's already been four months you

and then some people are really climbing through those first three months just

struggling so I can appreciate how difficult

it can be. Brand new marriage based on eight hours

of conversation at most.

And you talk about marriage. So we're talking about managing

externally professionally on your personal side.

You're probably going to stay in this gig for three to five years if we look at it statistically

during the first 90 days.

This may seem odd.

Go to sleep an hour and a half earlier cut out alcohol.

Watch your diet. Right.

Right. Manage your lifestyle.

Because if your machine isn't working at a 10.

You're not going to be able to perform on the job as a

sacrifice. Those 90 days on any

external activities

or any quote unquote abuse you might

put on your body through alcohol food.

Right. Massachusetts and Colorado I can say this now your pot

smoking habits whatever it is.

Right. Just really manage that backwards because you want

to be that high performing machine that they brought you

in. Yeah and going back to the comment on marriage make

sure that the support you have in the household understands that this has got to be

your number one priority especially for the first lady to the first 90 days.

It's got to be your number one priority.

This is what you have to jump in.

Oh and get up to speed on

and and if if you do a nice job you'll get

a sustainable clip that you can continue to carry on in a month four

five six foot. This is this is where you have

the opportunity to make the one first impression.

Right. And again be careful how you deliver that.

Right. I've learned this lesson the hard way because I

wasn't smart enough.

Don't come in and put a warning

and say hey listen for the first 90 days don't expect me home

or you know I'm going to be this

and I need this instead started off.

Be like Listen I appreciate you supporting

me in these next 90 days.

I'm going to do everything I can in the household to be present.

And I know I'm not going to be my hundred percent at home.

I'm working on my game between two right now.

Right. Don't say I'm doing this for us.

Don't say you know it's going to pay off because somebody get you a bigger house

or a better car.

That is putting a wrong price

tag on the relationship.

Right. It's about a partnership

and you want to be thankful for the partnership

and the support

and that in advance.

I'm just telling you right now I'm going to appreciate that.

It's important to deliver it that way.

Good tips and I can't believe I'm giving relationship.

I can tell you now that makes me say Hey look you've

had a lot of experience.

Yeah. That's a whole another podcast.

So again you know a couple of takeaways 90 days.

Bring best athlete. Bring your best self

and I don't mean that you know the hug a tree way it's like cut

out anything that might you know performance get more sleep

cut off anything extracurricular in regards to alcohol

or anything else and then exercise a little more

and then make sure you're doubling down on your hours get

in at seven leave at seven.

You're going to double your intake on that info you

get and then therefore you're just going to probably get six

month experience in that three month experience.

Yes. And I would add just you take inventory

and get to know and given inquiry give as well

of your team make sure that they know you're there

as a team member regardless of your title regardless of

your your stature within the organization.

Because the more you have their support the more you're going

to be able to be successful. Agree.

So 90 days then that's your takeaway.

For those that don't have 90 days in tuck this away in

your inventory when you switch your next job.

Certainly refer to it another episode of

On the line on Joe Mullings

and I'm Holly Scott. Thanks for listening in.

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What is Boxing Day in the UK? 🇬🇧🎁🎄 - Duration: 10:05.

(upbeat Christmas rock)

- Hi we're Joel and Lia!

- And today's video is all about Boxing Day.

- So, we hope you've enjoyed Vlogmas,

can we just say, welcome to Boxing Day?

It's the 26th of December. (laughs)

- December.

- I'm not losing my mind. - No.

- Want to talk to you guys about what Boxing Day is,

because there might be some of you

that don't have it, where they're from,

so this video is all about that.

- Mm-hmm, yeah it's weird because again

it's something that we've been brought up with.

I thought it was a global thing; I think Australia do it,

maybe some other countries do too.

I know America doesn't call it Boxing Day.

- Oh what might they call it?

Just the Day After Christmas?

- The Day After Christmas, maybe.

- Just, they don't give it a name.

Or they don't celebrate Boxing Day.

Not that you wake up going "It's Boxing Day!"

I remember growing up, I'd always be like,

"Mum, is Boxing Day the day before Christmas

"or the day after Christmas?"

And she'd always be like, no it's after Christmas.

- I love that.

But it helps because then like, the 27th you'd say

is the day after Boxing Day.

So, "On the day after Boxing Day,

"I went and did blah blah blah."

You wouldn't say the 27th.

- And then you start getting into No Man's Land

when you go to the 28th, what's that?

- It's like the day after the day after Boxing Day. (laughs)

- A few days before New Year's Eve Eve Eve.

- Yeah!

- It's New Year's Eve Eve Eve! (laughs)

- But it's good because Christmas Eve

comes before Christmas Day, and Boxing Day

you just naturally know that that's then after.

Just in the same way that you'd say Christmas Eve

or Christmas Eve Eve.

- Yeah I love that.

- You could say Boxing Boxing Day.

- "Oh I'm going home on Christmas Eve Eve this year."

So yeah I love that. - Yeah I love it.

- Okay, so let's get into Boxing Day.

Why is it called Boxing Day?

- There's two different theories.

So one of them is that it's traditionally

a time where employers would pack up boxes full of presents

and give them to their employees.

- And some say it might be called Boxing Day

because you'd pack up like a box,

almost a shoebox size of presents,

and give them to the poor.

- So no one really knows where it comes from,

there are lots of different theories about.

But that's traditionally what Boxing Day meant.

But nowadays it just means shopping.

- Yeah, in fact, the last two years

you and I have both done the shoebox for charity,

which is where you fill up a box

and it gets sent to like a Third World country.

And you can put in sort of like, treats;

you can put in like toothbrush, stuff like that.

- Like little gifts and things.

- Little gifts, practical things.

- But that's not on Boxing Day was it?

- No, we do that for Christmas Day,

but it just made me think of it because it's a box.

- Yeah, yeah. - Yeah.

- But yeah nowadays it just means shopping,

like the Boxing Day sales start on Boxing Day.

And lots of Brits will leave the house on Boxing Day,

just to go shopping.

- So you've had the chaos of Christmas.

You've done all the cooking, you've done everything.

Your family's upside down, you've argued,

you've played board games and then the next day

it's like, shopping! - Shopping.

- Get them sales in and buy people's,

people pretend they're going to be really prepared

and buy everyone's presents for next year;

no one's done that. - Yeah, but you're not.

- How many people do you speak to that you're like,

"Oh have you done all your shopping?"

And they're like, yeah I did it a year ago?

- Yeah. - No one.

- But that's why I don't really tend

to ask for clothes for Christmas,

because they're just going to be reduced on Boxing Day

and into the January sales.

So I've gone shopping on Boxing Day before, I think,

or the few days in the gooch of--

- In the gooch.

- Of Christmas to New Year.

I buy lots of clothes.

- If you've got storage space, you can

use that time of year to buy stuff like wrapping paper,

Christmas crackers, stuff that you definitely will need--

- Cheap for next year. - For next year.

Cards, if you're someone that sends cards,

you could buy all your cards really cheaply.

- But this Boxing Day sales is kind of like

our equivalent of Black Friday,

like people queue on the streets,

like Oxford Street in London is rammed.

- Yeah, I wouldn't go anywhere near

Oxford Street on Boxing Day.

I wouldn't dream of it.

You see people with like, prams,

and you're like, why are you here?

- Yeah, they use it as a ramming device.

- Yeah, I know, (laughs), horrific!

But I don't think ours are as aggressive as--

- No, the Black Friday shoppers.

- Black Friday shoppers.

Because like, we don't really have any,

like, massive fights kick off.

Not that I've heard of or seen on the news or anything.

- No, the most dramatic thing that happened

I remember a few years ago someone was shot

on Oxford Street on Boxing Day,

like when it was full of like, things.

- That was horrific.

- Not shot, I think he was stabbed or something.

- That's really bad.

- I remember seeing it on the news and stuff.

So bad things happen, but not that often.

We've got a video that we're going to show you and react to,

and it's "Shoppers Hit Oxford Street for Boxing Day Sales,"

and it's busy, but there's so much decorum.

- Oh yeah? Let's see.

Let's see the video.

- This is Selfridges on Oxford Street.

The queue's around the block.

- Oh, a nice orderly queue.

- I love a queue.

- "It's almost free."

- Look how early it is, it's dark.

So they're queuing at like, probably 5 a.m., 4 a.m.

- Of course they are. - People will queue overnight.

- Look at how happy they look,

they're so excited to get in.

- And they're running.

- Oh they're running, they're running in.

- But there are some walkers,

and they're literally just being like, let in really calmly.

But Black Friday shoppers were literally like, trampling.

- Yeah, there's no one fallen over.

- No, but they're casually strolling in.

- There's a few strollers and walkers that are like,

I'm just going to go to where I know I need to go.

- And they're all smiling, they're all happy.

- Selfridges in particular, is the biggest day of the year.

It's the biggest volume across all of our stores.

And this year will absolutely be no exception.

Things are definitely tighter than you've seen for a while.

But I think Boxing Day will be more important than ever,

because people will be looking for bargains this year

more than they've ever done before,

so we're anticipating that today.

- Wow.

People love a bargain, and that's what

is so, like, universal, about everything.

Everyone loves a bargain.

- But money's an issue, that everyone wants to save money,

because no one has enough money.

- Yeah no one's ever got enough money.

- No matter how much you've got you've never got enough.

- And you sell out on Boxing Day,

buying stuff you probably don't need.

- I'd rather pay the extra and go at a quieter time.

- Yeah actually I'd rather pay for

the peacefulness of my shopping experience.

- Yeah, I would; amazing.

- And at Boxing Day sales I'm really grateful

I no longer work in a department store.

- Yeah, hashtag #grateful, hashtag #blessed.

- Grateful, 'cause I--

- I never used to work

between Christmas and New Year anyway;

I've always taken it off, I've always had,

like or or two weeks off at Christmas, New Year.

But it'd be horrible to work in retail on Boxing Day, ugh.

- Oh my gosh.

- My brother's done it. - Yeah?

- He worked for Next.

- And people go crazy for a Next sale.

- Next is like, yeah.

- Next is like, women's wear, mostly.

- No, menswear. - Menswear as well.

- Oh yeah it's equal men's and women's wear.

I buy loads of stuff from Next.

My underwear is from Next, look at that!

- Oh don't be such a little slut, put that away.

"Don't be such a little," imagine if I was like,

"Guys my underwear is from," and got it out.

- Yeah, do it.

- I'd get accused of being a little slut.

- Of being a slut, but because I do it, it's not,

and they're like, "Joel!"

"Boys being boys." - "Joel! Boys'll be boys."

Boy! - Boy, boys.

- Booie!

- "A booie's just being a booie!" (laughing)

- "Booie just being a booie," brilliant.

So for those of you that don't go shopping,

you've got Boxing Day at home

or maybe like with cousins or family

that you might not see on Christmas Day.

- Yeah, you'll see them on Boxing Day.

- So you can see everyone on Boxing Day,

that's like a done thing in my family,

we'll see all, like, extended family on Boxing Day.

- Also you might go for walk, Boxing Day walk,

that's a thing. - Yeah.

- Some people do it on the afternoon on Christmas Day,

but I think, most people are like,

let's get out of the house,

we've been in the house on Christmas Day,

let's go for a walk.

- It's lovely. Yeah, love that.

And you've got a dog for it.

- Yeah, exactly.

- So Oscar must love that.

- But the best part about Boxing Day, and the upcoming days,

is the food, the leftovers.

- Leftovers!

- It's amazing.

- Oh my gosh, I just love cold savory food,

so this is my idea of heaven!

This is legit, like I'm oh yeah I'll just make a sandwich,

out of like a bit of turkey meat, a bit of like, cranberry,

a bit of this, a bit of that.

A bit of stuffing. - Wow.

- Stunning. - You make it yourself?

- Yeah! - Oh wow.

- It's all up for grabs.

- I make my dad do it all the time.

"Dad get me a sandwich"! - "Dad get me a sandwich"!

- "Make me a sandwich"! - "Make me a sandwich"!

- Oh. - Aw.

- I don't lift a finger at Christmas.

- Really?

Imagine when you have to cook your own Christmas dinner.

- Oh my gosh; no, that'd be awful.

- The timing can be so hard.

- My brother is a chef, so he cooks Christmas Dinner

with my dad.

I might chop a carrot or something.

- Is that it? - That's it, yeah.

- You don't really get involved?

- No.

- "Just pour the Prosecco, Joel"!

- I just drink the Prosecco and play with Oscar.

- "I'll just be in here being the youngest sibling."

- Yeah. (laughing)

- That's good, also people can be control freaks

on Christmas Day.

Like, my family they're like, "Get out of my space."

So I'll try and help, but they'll just be like,

"Just go and play on Instagram."

- Yeah, and you're like, "Okay."

- Okay, I'll just go and play on Instagram.

- Yeah. (laughing).

Follow us on Instagram! - Yeah.

- If you want behind the scenes content on these videos

and of our life over Christmas.

- Yeah I'm sure there'll be plenty to share.

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2018 Market Analysis and 2019 Forecast - Duration: 7:43.

2018 has been one of the best performing years we've seen in Charleston real estate.

That's great and all, but what does that mean to you?

Today, we're going to be talking about the 2018 market performance in the tri-county

area, what it means to you, and we're going to look through the 2019 market looking glass,

and we're starting right now!

Hi, I'm Jim Smoak with Carolina One Real Estate in Chas SC.

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Today, we're going to be reviewing the Charleston area real estate market performance for 2018

and will also look at the tea leaves for what 2019 may look like.

Let's start with a review of 2018.

We'll kick it off with how the average sold price performed throughout the year.

This statistic has been fairly consistent throughout the past 12 months.

The tri-county area started the year at an average sold price of $230k, and finished

November with a slight increase at just over $238k.

Performance throughout the year was pretty steady, which is encouraging to see.

Although list prices rose during the year, the increases slowed probably due to various

market pressures.

Slower price increases means a more consistent market for buyers to participate in.

Moving on to the average percent of sold price compared to list price.

This measurement shows on average on how close to list prices actual sold prices were.

The year started and finished really close to the same number, which was between 97 and

98 percent.

You'll notice that the middle of the year all 3 area counties showed higher numbers

then they came back down by the end of November.

That's a normal and healthy market indicator that more buyers were in the market during

the spring and summer months.

It means a larger number of buyers were active and had to compete which puts more pressure

to make offers closer to list price.

Regardless of the few percentage points in the middle of the year, the range of 96-100

percent shows a year-long healthy market from this statistical vantage point.

It provided a more predictable financial outcome for the seller who priced their home at a

market-based price point.

The days on market statistic shows us how long homes were for sale on average during

a rating period.

As you can see, all 3 counties took a gradual dip in the spring and summer months and reversed

that trend when fall came.

Like the average sold prices, this is a normal and healthy behavior.

In spring and summer months, there are more active buyers which helps the inventory in

the market to sell more rapidly.

This mid-year valley was also exacerbated by low levels of homes for sale.

There are several reasons for this, but one of the primary ones is that new home builders

haven't been as aggressive in new development compared to demand this year which substantially

contributed to inventory shortages.

It's notable to point out the visual jump in the September timeframe; this is when the

Charleston area was affected by Hurricane Florence.

It certainly wasn't a bad storm, and the area was generally very fortunate, but it

was enough of a storm to stop real estate market activity for a few days.

Overall, 2018 was well inside of a seller's market statistical range, which gave them

the benefit of a shorter term selling period.

The last 2018 performance statistic I want to cover is months of inventory, which is

one of the more important metrics in gauging market health.

It also helps in determining whether the market is a seller's market, buyer's market,

or is a balanced market.

Generally, a market that has below 5 months of inventory is considered to be a seller's

market, or advantageous for home sellers, and one that has 7 or more is a buyer's

market.

In between is a market that is balanced for all parties.

Most markets in the US have been seller's markets for quite a while and that trend continued

in this market throughout 2018.

There were slight trend variances throughout the year, but it stayed firmly in the seller's

market camp with an average of 2.9 months of inventory for the tri-county area.

As mentioned before, a seller's market means that market dynamics are generally more advantageous

for sellers, and requires buyers to be a bit move savvy in negotiations and more nimble

when reacting to new homes for sale opportunities.

It's worthy to note, this is a good example of where your Realtor can really help you.

So what will 2019 bring?

I of course can't guarantee anything… if I could, you'd find me on Wall Street!

But, there are some really smart people that have done quite a bit of research that give

us some pretty good educated glimpses on what the year may bring.

First, let's talk about the economy in general and economic indicators for the real estate

industry.

According to Fannie Mae, which is a leading source of financing for mortgage lenders,

economic growth is expected to slow in the new year, but will help the housing market

stabilize in 2019.

Even though we're predicted to face slowing economic growth, new mortgage originations

or applications for purchases are expected to continue to increase.

Based on anticipated interest rates, refinance mortgages are expected to slow a bit.

Speaking of which, let's spend a moment talking about interest rate projections as

well as home price growth.

While most economists believe that interest rates will increase in 2019, most indicators

are that the trend will be towards normalizing rates and that there will only be a few increases

in the new year.

Additionally, industry economists have predicted that home price growth will slow to 1-3% over

the next 12 months.

That's compared to a 7-8% increase this year.

Yes, it's still rising, but that's a much slower anticipated rise than we experienced

this year!

This should provide buyers even more confidence in price appreciation predictions for their

planned 2019 moves.

All of this stands to reason that the market will continue to be very healthy next year.

Will trends shift?

Absolutely.

Will the market shift more favorably to buyers?

Probably some, but it will still be a seller's market.

But the overall good news is that it looks like it will continue to be a good market

for everyone.

If you bought or sold this year, what was your experience with the 2018 market?

Did any of the stats I mentioned above strike home in your transaction?

Drop a comment below and let me know!

I'm really interested to hear how your 2018 sale and/or purchase went.

That's it for this year!

Thank you for being a part of my business this year, and I wish you all the very happiest

live will have to offer you in the new year!

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