Zillow's Forecast For The 2022 Housing Market

What will 2022 look like for the real estate market? While nobody but Marty McFly can definitively tell us what's in store for the upcoming year, just about everyone has their theory and Zillow is no exception. Matt Curtis breaks down Zillow's 2022 Housing Market Predictions and how they compare with his own.

Let's Break Down Zillow's Predictions 

The last few years in real estate have positioned us in the record books. We have seen historically low interest rates, supply shortages and a pandemic creating a seller’s market unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. Zillow believes that 2022 will fall short of record-breaking but will remain strong.

According to Zillow the hot sellers market…

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What’s going to happen to the Huntsville housing market in 2022?

Matt Curtis breaks down his 2022 housing market predictions. While our crystal ball is broken we are ready to jump into the data to draw a conclusion together on where prices are headed in 2022. 

Let's Recap 2021

This past year we saw the demand for housing continue to exceed the supply. This was a direct result of the US under building by 4 to 5 million + homes after the 2008 recession. As of 2020 Freddie Mac estimated that the US was still short by 3.8 Million homes. Demographic expert Ken Gronbach estimates that number could be as high as 25 million

Because of this the last two years in housing have been anything but typical. We saw homes appreciating at an average…

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Why Waiting To Sell Your House Could Cost You a Small Fortune

Why Waiting To Sell Your House Could Cost You a Small Fortune | MyKCM

Many homeowners who plan to sell in 2022 may think the wise thing to do is to wait for the spring buying market since historically about 40 percent of home sales occur between April and July. However, this year’s expected to be much different than the norm. Here are five reasons to list your house now rather than waiting until the spring.

1. Buyers Are Looking Right Now, and They’re Ready To Purchase

The ShowingTime Showing Index reports data from more than six million property showings scheduled across the country each month. In other words, it’s a gauge of how many buyers are out looking at homes at the current time.

The latest index, which covers November showings, reveals…

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[Madison, Alabama: November 7, 2019] Matt Curtis Real Estate (MCRE) recently received two awards from REAL Trends ranking their website among the top-ranked websites in the country. Their website is ranked #7 for “Best Mobile” and #9 for “Best Community.”

Every year REAL Trends pinpoints the country’s largest and most successful real estate agencies, ranking them by closed transactions and separately closed volume of sales. Matt Curtis Real Estate’s mobile website design was ranked seventh in the country, attributed to the fluidity of their layout, images, and flexibility of their landing pages.

MCRE’s website was also ranked ninth in the country for best community website. Best community websites provide quick, efficient searches to make…

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(Madison, Alabama, July 8, 2019)— Matt Curtis Real Estate, Inc. was named one of America’s top real estate teams by REAL Trends, as advertised in The Wall Street Journal. The Matt Curtis Real Estate team is now a 3-time member of the “The Thousand Top Real Estate Professionals,” a prestigious, national award ranking sponsored annually by REAL Trends and advertised in The Wall Street Journal. Matt Curtis Real Estate, Inc. is now ranked in the top one-half of 1 percent of the more than 1.3 million Realtors® nationwide.

The Thousand real estate professionals were announced on June 28, 2019, with four separate categories honoring the top 250 residential agents and agent teams for excellence in:

  • Individual Sales Professionals—Sales volume

    • …

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Matt Curtis Real Estate, Inc. was ranked as having one of the nation’s best real estate websites for 2018 by Real Trends. Real Trends is the industry leader in real estate rankings and a trusted source of news, analysis, and information for the residential brokerage industry. Receiving the the distinction as being ranked the #22 overall best website in the country is a honor.

Matt Curtis Real Estate, Inc also received distinction as #9 in the country for best property detail, which means that information on the website is user friendly and comprehensive. The company also received an award in the category of Best Design, coming at #10 in the country from all websites that were nominated from around the country.

Real Trends top ranked real estate…

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Relocating to the Rocket City

Huntsville, Alabama - affectionately known as the Rocket City - is a technological town with a large presence of both engineers and creatives. The area has started rapidly growing over recent years and a large percentage of the population has relocated to the area from different states. This has given an eclectic and diverse feel to the expanding region.

The Rocket City is made up of two main cities, Huntsville (population of 193,079) and Madison (population of 47,959), with a number of surrounding smaller cities that make up the greater Rocket City region. Harvest, Athens, Meridianville, Hampton Cove, and Athens are small cities surrounding the metro area.

What’s there to do?

One of the best parts of the…

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Thinking a family pool is the perfect way to spend your summer and wondering how it will affect the value of your home?

The average cost to install, equip, and maintain a pool has an initial cost of around $30,000. Throughout the swimming season, you may spend upwards of $500-$600 on chemicals to chlorinate and keep the pool at the appropriate levels. Fences around pools are also required in the state of Alabama, so if your backyard isn’t fenced in - this would be another cost associated with installing a pool.

While considering these costs, you may be asking yourself, “So will adding a pool to our home, increase the resale value of the home?” This is a great question that a lot of homeowners have when considering the installation of a pool. The…

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How Does Homestead Exemption Work in Madison County?


Homestead Exemption is a “tax break” offered by the state of Alabama to property owners. Property owners are entitled to homestead exemption if they own a single-family residence and occupy it as their primary residence. In Alabama, owners must live in the residence prior to October 1st of the tax year of which the property owner is applying.

Receiving a homestead exemption is important, because it can greatly reduce your tax liability. The deadline to apply is December 31st of the tax year in which you would like to receive the homestead exemption.

To apply for a homestead exemption, you need to bring proper documentation to your local courthouse and apply for the tax exemption.

Proper…

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Huntsville Madison County Chamber of Commerce recently held their Small Business Awards night on August 14, 2018. Matt Curtis Real Estate, Inc. received the honor of being awarded Service Business of the Year out of a field of ten finalists. The company received the award based on the exceptional service given to their clients in northern Alabama, and volunteerism service of building a home in Nicaragua for every 100 homes sold here in the Tennessee Valley.

The Huntsville Madison County Chamber of Commerce serves to foster economic growth in our local community and offers a number of programs to serve local entrepreneurs. This year was the 33rd Annual Small Business Awards and companies throughout northern Alabama took part. There were 13…

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