Cash Reign Ends in March 2013

For the first time since December 2008, more existing single family homes were purcahsed with conventional loans than with cash. It happened in March 2013 and it ended 51 consecutive months of cash purchases ruling over financed purchases here in the metro Phoenix housing market.

The numbers below pretty much tells the story of where we were and where the market is moving forward…

Mar-04 Mar-08 Mar-11 Mar-12 Mar-13  April 1-29
Cash Purchase 947 497 3134 2671 2130 2022
Financed Purchases 4424 1790 1904 2037 2196 2059
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