Last week, I listened to On The Market episode  “New Low-Interest Mortgages Are On the Way for Investors (How to Get One).” I was ready to learn the secret of acquiring a lower rate—and surprise, surprise—the three lending professionals had some ideas based on the market, but they had no crystal ball on what rates would actually do throughout the rest of 2023. 

There were three quotes from the podcast that stuck out to me as a buyer’s agent and investor:

1. Christian Bachelder, The One Brokerage: “Volume, just on a grand total, is down. But volume per investor, if that’s a metric that I could use, is definitely [up].”
2. Bill Tessar from CIVIC: “I am really bullish on real estate, short and long-term. I think you can get a better deal today than you could six months ago. You can negotiate a little bit, you could demand a little bit more. You’re not paying over list price. You’re getting contingencies on your deals. You’re getting seller concessions on points. You’re getting all that stuff. That’s great. So I’m bullish on real estate.”
3. LendingOne’s Matt Neisser: “The one thing I’d say to borrowers [that] I say to myself is I try not to bet on interest rates.”

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