As June comes to a close, the wild sellers market continues. Median sales prices have skyrocketed 26% for single-family houses in DFW since May 2020, averaging just 24 days to sell. Condos are even higher at 29%. Look for the month-over hyper-appreciation to level off for the rest of the year because spring markets always see the biggest sale price bump, although it’s not unimaginable to see sales prices go up another 5 or so percentage points. I’ve stated this before, but I keep hearing people proclaim they’re going to wait “for the market to correct” before buying. It’s not going to “correct”. These prices are here to stay. There are too many buyers, too little inventory, and money is too cheap for this to slow down anytime soon.
I shot a bird with a BB gun when I was 12 and have never forgiven myself. I’d claim peer pressure, but I could have said no. I now feel even worse since Kacie and I had the opportunity to witness a mockingbird nest and the fledglings that grew up in it right outside our den window. We noticed something was odd when a pair of adults began divebombing our cats, eventually I found one of the fledglings in our fir bush. Turns out there were three. One of them didn’t make it through the massive rainstorm a few weeks ago, but eventually we saw the two remaining grow stronger and more coordinated. My favorite pic is the far right, where the late bloomer of the two finally made it on top of the fence. His mom approached and he instinctively opened his mouth for a free meal. She declined and flew to a nearby tree. After a lot of self-doubt and stumbling, the followed her. Their next stop was a tree about 100′ away. I think I’ve seen them the last week or so, and my mind keeps going back to the mid-80s when I shot that poor bird. The stupid things we do during childhood…
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