Looking For a New Home in Yakima? Sales Are Hot Again in 2022

The last two years have been banner years for the Yakima real estate market with increases in just about every category.

Bemis knew the Yakima real estate market would be on fire again this year

Cory Bemis owner of Yakima's John L. Scott Real Estate released his 2022 housing forecast in December of last year Bemis saying while he expects interest rates to rise this year they'll still be historically low giving more people an opportunity to become homeowners. "Past 30-year fixed loan interest rates have been six, seven, eight percent or higher. Even rates above 3% are incredibly competitive compared to the last five years and even the last five decades!"

Sales are expected to be on fire this year and they're already hot

And even though it's still winter sales are still hot in the market. Bemis says the 2022 Median Home Sales Price in January was $320,000. That's a 3% increase from last year to date when the median price was $310,000.
A lot of people moved into new homes in January. There were 171 total homes sold in January of 2022 which is a 48% increase from the 115 homes that sold in January of 2021.
Bemis says 30-year fixed rate mortgages are averaging a 3.9% interest rate right now according to MortgageNewsDaily.com. That's 0.4% higher rate than 1 month ago, and 1.05% higher than 1 year ago. If last year and the year before were any indications the market will continue to see record sales and growth in 2022.

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