Lex Levinrad Real Estate Investor, Speaker, Author & Mentor

On today’s podcast episode, I talk about how to find deals in 2025. The market has shifted and 2025 will be a big year for change in real estate.  The Current Real Estate Situation Real estate prices are up by more than 50% since 2020. The 30 year mortgage rate has increased from a low of 2.65% in 2021 to above 7% today. Anyone who purchased real estate before 2020 is sitting on a lot of equity, and most likely refinanced into a very low interest rate mortgage. These homeowners have no incentive to sell. This is one of the main reasons why inventory has been so low.  But what about homeowners that need to sell their house because they are relocating, downsizing, or for any other reason? What about sellers that have lost their job, are in foreclosure, have become sick or disabled, or are unable to afford their monthly mortgage payments?  Sellers Are Delusional We have sellers like this calling our office every day. And I can tell you that in my opinion most of these sellers are in denial and delusional. They s