By Jonathan Smoke | realtor.co
Call it trouble in paradise: Last year was a serious bummer for many would-be home buyers, who had made the big decision that they were ready to buy, only to be frustrated by the lack of available homes and heavy competition from other buyers in the booming real estate market.
But this year may be even more challenging. Now, leftover buyers from the previous year are joining the usual crop of wannabe homeowners who come out in the spring and summer. It’s shaping up as an epic traffic jam on the road to home ownership.