If you plan to sell your home, you are in luck, but buyers should be ready to pay more for a home. "There is a lot of scary stuff with buying a house for the first time," said Sharon Felt, who is looking to own a home for the first time. The Omaha Board of Realtors said there are roughly 2,000 homes for sale in the area, the lowest inventory in 25 years. "It's kind of unfortunate for first-time home buyers," said Felt, who searched for months, but was not able to get in on a purchase. "It seemed like anything under $200,000 sold within 24 hours or less." The National Board of Realtors said in March that Americans purchased homes at the fastest pace in a decade. Local Realtor Monica Lang said sellers welcome the rush. "They are getting multiple offers, bidding wars, basically pushing the prices up," she said. " (It's) definitely a great thing for sellers -- they're getting top dollar -- but very challenging for the buyers."

If you plan to sell your home, you are in luck, but buyers should be ready to pay more for a home.

"There is a lot of scary stuff with buying a house for the first time," said Sharon Felt, who is looking to own a home for the first time.


The Omaha Board of Realtors said there are roughly 2,000 homes for sale in the area, the lowest inventory in 25 years.

"It's kind of unfortunate for first-time home buyers," said Felt, who searched for months, but was not able to get in on a purchase. "It seemed like anything under $200,000 sold within 24 hours or less."

The National Board of Realtors said in March that Americans purchased homes at the fastest pace in a decade.

Local Realtor Monica Lang said sellers welcome the rush.

"They are getting multiple offers, bidding wars, basically pushing the prices up," she said. " (It's) definitely a great thing for sellers -- they're getting top dollar -- but very challenging for the buyers."