With the election now behind us, hopefully any uncertainty on the part of the Buying public regarding the outcome will slowly begin to fade away.  Regardless of how you may feel about the results, I think just having it as one less “unknown” is a positive situation.  The whole home buying process is very emotional, as well as many of the reasons people choose to buy or not buy at any given time.  It seems that we are starting to hear the “so called” experts advise that if someone is in the market to buy, now is a good time with a good selection of inventory to choose from, some very attractive asking prices and interest rates at historically affordable levels.  So we’ll hope that message gets spread far and wide.  We are seeing and hearing about some offers being made and transactions coming together here and there, although not as much as we’d like to see and not a real trend one way or the other as far as I can tell.  If the perception becomes that we’ve hit the “bottom” and the market is rebounding, that probably more than anything else will help get things moving in our favor.  I had a closing last week where the Buyer actually expressed at the closing table that they felt they were paying “top dollar” in a “declining” market and they felt they probably would have been able to negotiate a better price now, rather than a month and a half ago when the offer came together.  I was surprised to hear them say it and did my best to assure them that was not the case.  It may be in some other markets, but does not appear to be the case here.  Fortunately their attorney was sitting right there and confirmed what I was saying so I think it helped to reassure them.   But, that is the battle we have on our hands today, with many Buyers and the perception a lot of them have about the current market conditions. 
Contact Bob Webster at Keefe Real Estate at 262-348-3233 or Email him at Bob@LakeGenevaProperty.com.