If Frank Ammons could summarize his search for the perfect Lakeland home in one word, it would be aggressive.
Ammons, 38, and his wife Mary, 28, looked at four houses in Lakeland that got snatched off the market before they could say Mine! We were very aggressive about it, Ammons said. We d look at the house, we d love the house, we d say let s put an offer on the house, our Realtor would turn around and put an offer and there were already offers, Ammons said.
Lakeland is a microcosm of a national trend: It s a seller s market, no doubt about it. And in Swan City, demand is high and inventory is low, complicating the search process for relocators like Ammons.