We would all like to own a crystal ball to look into the future and now more than ever we are asked about what’s going to happen in the next few months. Well, I am not going to be as bold as to offer my own forecast (I like to be like Switzerland: neutral ;o) but here are some meaningful insights from Noah Rosenblatt at Urban Digs, an expert and a real estate data company I trust.
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by Riccardo Ravasini 
You’ve been able to find your perfect house even during the pandemic and you’re now ready to make an offer, congratulations! Here is some advice on how to prepare an offer without expecting surprises.
1. How low can you go?
Not as much as you would think.
“Banks have rolled out mortgage forbearance programs, so most sellers are not in immediate danger of losing their home, even if they just lost their job or their income has been significantly cut,” …
by Riccardo Ravasini
The National Association of Realtors reports that total existing-home sales dropped, nation wide, 8.5% in March. Despite the decline, home prices are still steady. The median existing-home price in March was $280,600, UP 8.0% from the same period in 2019. Total housing inventory at the end of March was down 10.2% from one year ago.
Many sellers had withdrawn their properties from the market, waiting to understand how the Covid-19 health crisis evolved, therefore limiting the choice for buyers. Some …
by Riccardo Ravasini Condo sales in Miami-Dade County began to drop last week.
A total of 61 condos sold for $41.5 million last week, amid the coronavirus pandemic. That is compared to 102 units that sold for $54 million the previous week. Condos last week sold for an average price of about $680,000 or $397 per square foot.
The most expensive closing was at Fendi Chateau Residences in Surfside. Unit 806 sold for $6.9 million, or $1,538 per square foot, after 510 days …
by Riccardo Ravasini Finally after two years of low volumes in the sales market, the first quarter of 2020 showed an increase in closings as sellers became more realistic about pricing.
It must be said that this trend, given it is based on closed sales, doesn’t fully reflect the most recent changes of the market conditions related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Let’s see the numbers:
The first quarter of 2020 started with a 13.5% year over year jump in the number of …
by Riccardo Ravasini 
We can replace the fear with the facts. The NYC real estate market has proven over the last centuries to be one of the safest and sought markets in the world and will be able to overcome this too.
Here follow excerpts from the analysis on the US real estate market of experts Brian Buffini and Lawrence Yun (Chief Economist at the National Association of Realtors):
We have faced many, many different crises in the past as a country.
No matter what, this is going to be a shorter-term …
by Riccardo Ravasini