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There is a growing belief among many experts that 2012 will be the year housing turns the corner and starts heading in a more positive direction. Whenever I write a post like this, I unleash the hordes of critics who say we are again wearing rose colored glasses or are puppets being controlled by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and other industry groups.
It is for that reason I will not be covering the projections of those groups. Instead, I want to share the beliefs of other organizations.
Home Sales Stabilize in 2011 as Median Prices Fall
Source: http://www.wra.org/hsrdecember2011/
Date: January 23, 2012
MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin real estate market improved in 2011 with home sales totaling slightly above 2010 levels, according to a year-end report released by the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association (WRA). Sales of existing homes for 2011 were 0.2 percent above 2010, and the median price of homes fell 6.4 percent to $132,000, according to the report. Monthly trends in home sales ran well above 2010 levels throughout the second half of the year.
Predicting trends during the most volatile housing market in American real estate history is no easy task. We strongly believe these are the five real estate items we should keep an eye on in 2012:
In 2011, we experienced one of the most volatile housing markets in American real estate history. Things we never anticipated happened. Events we were sure would take place didn’t. Today, we want to review the five headlines we think had the biggest impact in 2011.
MADISON, WI – For the fourth straight month, Wisconsin’s monthly home sales outpaced last year while median prices continued to fall, according to data released by the WRA. Existing home sales increased 13.5 percent in October compared to October 2010, and median prices fell 7.8 percent over the same period to $129,000. Visit the WRA website to read the full report and find monthly and quarterly housing data for your county.
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Many sellers want to wait until the spring before putting their home on the market. This might be for any of several reasons:
They don’t want to be inconvenienced during the holiday season.
They believe that they will see more potential buyers and as a result will get a higher price.
In the northern part of the country, they might not want people walking through the snow and then into their house.
All of the above
In a normal real estate market, this may make sense. However, this market has been anything but normal. This spring will also see some abnormalities. The biggest difference will be the direction prices will take.
In years past, the spring market would favor the seller because increased demand would outpace any increase in supply: the number of houses coming onto the market would not be as great as the number of buyers newly entering the market. In most situations, when demand is greater than supply, prices increase.
The reason this spring will be different is that the supply of homes coming to the market will be dramatically impacted by foreclosure properties being released by the banks. Many believe this increase in inventory will far outweigh buyer demand. In situations where supply is greater than demand, prices decrease.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released their Second Quarter 2011 Mortgage Metrics Report last week. In the report, they covered the success the banking industry is having in each of several categories regarding the current housing crisis. Here is what they found:
Effective October 1, 2011, the costs associated with getting a VA mortgage are going DOWN!
An overview: VA mortgages are bundled, securitized and sold in the secondary market with the backing of the Federal Government. In order to insure these mortgages, the government charges a type of insurance premium, called a VA Funding Fee, which is typically added to the loan amount (thereby financed).
There are those currently debating the financial advantages of owning a home. Some are looking at studies and reporting that homeownership has never really been a great investment.
One of these people is Jack C. Francis, a former Federal Reserve economist and professor at Baruch College. He said in a recent CNBC article:
“For generations, parents and grandparents have been telling us that the way to get ahead was to buy a house and keep making payments with a fixed interest rate and after 20 or 30 years it would be way up in value and that was your nest egg in old age. You could either live in it rent free or sell it and use the proceeds to rent an apartment.”
The article goes on to explain the rest of Mr. Francis’ comment: (more…)
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Predicting trends during the most volatile housing market in American real estate history is no easy task. We strongly believe these are the five real estate items we should keep an eye on in 2012:
In 2011, we experienced one of the most volatile housing markets in American real estate history. Things we never anticipated happened. Events we were sure would take place didn’t. Today, we want to review the five headlines we think had the biggest impact in 2011.
Many sellers want to wait until the spring before putting their home on the market. This might be for any of several reasons:
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