Real Estate Pros Make Case for Buying a Home This Fall

Autumn in the US could bring a thaw to the housing market. Hopeful buyers and sellers should be ready to pounce well ahead of the traditional start to moving season in the spring, and I’ll tell you how to prepare.

The stage is set for something of an inversion in the market, one typically thought to slow at the end of a calendar year and heat up again in spring. People, the thinking goes, are more motivated to tour houses as the weather heats up and families want plenty of time to settle into their new homes ahead of the next school year.