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Housing Market Predictions and Forecast For Home Prices in 2011 and 2012
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[Updated February 2011] The latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index continues to highlight the shaky recovery of the US housing market which shows a continuing deceleration in annual home price growth rates through November 2010 (the latest available data)
In November, only four Metro areas tracked by the index – Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington DC – showed year-over-year gains. The Composite indices remain above their spring 2009 lows; however, nine markets – Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas, Miami, Portland (OR), Seattle and Tampa – hit their lowest levels since home prices peaked in 2006 and 2007, meaning that average home prices in those markets have fallen even further than the lows set in the spring of 2009. With these numbers more analysts will be calling for a double-dip in home prices….which could be confirmed before Spring.
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[Updated November 2010] The future of the housing market is one of the most disconcerting unknowns for Americans. Homeowners are naturally worried about the price and future of what is normally their largest asset. Would-be buyers and sellers are finding it hard to close on deals because of the uncertainty of future prices and difficulties in getting a loan. Renters get impacted by higher rents, as more people rent rather than buy. Thus people in all walks of society are directly impacted by the future of the housing market. Not a day goes by where there isn’t another article or political debate talking about the housing crisis and along with the unemployment outlook, is the biggest economic issue facing the nation where one’s home and job drive provide the basis of their financial security.
Here are main factors to consider when looking at the future of the housing market and home prices:
- Home Sales and Inventory: Housing sales have plunged further following expiry of the home buyer credit and in July were at their lowest level in more than a decade, well below the lowest analyst forecasts. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) the annual home sales rate of 3.83 million was 25.5% below the level of a year ago and down 27.2% from the previous month. Analyst’s only expected a 13% decline, in what is normally the strongest home sales period. The extra supply and unsold homes lead to lower prices as sellers get desperate to sell and face possible foreclosure in the longer term.
The number of homes for sale increased only slightly in July but the large drop in sales was enough to push inventory levels to 12.5 months, which is twice normal levels. Higher inventories tend to cause home prices to decline as supply outstrips demand.
- Number of Foreclosures and Rate of Increase/decrease. Foreclosures are a strong indication of the housing market health. In the latest reports, foreclosure are up 3.6% from the month before but down 9.7% from 12 months earlier. This mixed messages suggest that while things are still bleak for the housing market, they aren’t as bad as last year. There were more than 320,000 foreclosure filings – including notices of default, auctions notices and bank repossessions. That is the 17th month in a row total foreclosure filings exceeded 300,000. Lender repossessions were similar to last month around 94,000. Repossession is the final stage in the foreclosure process; however people can stay in their homes until the point that the bank takes possession of the home or sells it at auction.
- Home Prices. If people feel their home value is steady or going up, they are more likely to spend which spurs economic activity/growth. The trend in home prices is normally measured via the nationally recognized S&P/Case-Shiller index (CSI). The CSI is a 3-month moving average (so August home prices, reflect the average of June, July and August), based on repeat sales of the same properties. It covers 20 metro (city) areas across the nation. The other national home prices index is the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) index which is calculated using purchase prices of houses with mortgages that have been sold to or guaranteed by GSE’s Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
The latest Case-Shiller home price index shows national home prices falling by 0.2% in August. This was the first drop in the CS index after four straight monthly gains (driven by higher demand from the home buyer credit that expired in April. On an annualized basis, home price appreciation slowed to 1.7% from 3.2% last moth, with prices falling in 15 of the 20 metro areas tracked by the CSI index. The median forecast of 27 economists surveyed by Bloomberg projected a 2.1 percent increase. The measure is 28 percent below its peak in July 2006.
Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas, New York and Washington, D.C. were the only five cities that recorded small improvements in home prices over July. On a year-over-year basis, 12 of the 20 metropolitan areas posted negative growth rates.
The FHFA home prices index report, showed contradictory results in which U.S. house prices rose 0.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis from July to August. The positive tone of the report however was muted because declines in July and June were deeper than previously estimated.
The continued fall or slowdown in the home prices was worse than expected and confirmed views that the lack of follow through from the expired home buyer tax credit combined high unemployment, record foreclosures and shaky economic environment is going to place additional downward pressure on home prices as demand slows in cooler months.
- New Home Starts : Last week, the Commerce Department reported that May construction starts on single-family homes fell 17% to an annual rate of 468,000, the lowest level in a year. This has prompted builders to slow construction – which should assist inventory levels but also cause an increase in construction sector unemployment.
- Rentals : The record rates of foreclosure are driving a surge in rentals as home ownership eludes many. Further, baby boomer kids are leaving the nest and flocking to apartment complexes’ driving up rents. The number of occupied apartments increased by 215,000 in the 64 largest U.S. markets in the first half, according to MPF Research. That’s almost double the units added in all of 2009. The U.S. home ownership rate fell to 66.9 percent in the second quarter, the lowest since 1999, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The rate peaked at 69.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2004. A sign of rising housing demand (and prices) will be reflected by a slow down in rental demand.
Outlook for home prices
It is unlikely that the national home price average will rise much for the remainder of 2010. Some metro’s like New York, Washington DC and San Fransisco may experience moderate growth thanks to stronger job markets, but hard hit regions in Nevada, Florida and California are likely to see significant variability in home prices. Until the rate of foreclosures and unemployment show a meaningful drop, it is going to be very hard to see sustained home price increase.
Analysts on average expect home prices, as measured by the S&P/Case-Shiller national index, to decline between 1 and 2 percent this year, then rise by a similar amount in 2011 and up to 3% in 2012. For the five years ending Dec. 31, 2014, they see a rise of 10%. Even with these rises, average home prices will still be well below their peak prices in 2006.
2011 will be a critical year for housing, driven by the level of unemployment, a new political balance following the mid-term elections (in which the Republicans are expected to take control of the house) and greater clarity on the role of the GSE’s – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Obama administration is to put forward a plan in January 2011). This could all see a moderate increase in home prices, or at least some stability of prices in hard hit markets.
I’ll update the above housing figures and trends on a regular basis and encourage you to subscribe (free) to get the latest updates.
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