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OUTLOOK. Economic and Housing Market. Lawrence Yun, Ph.D. Chief Economist NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ® Presentation at 2012 Resort and Second-Home Symposium Kiawah Island, SC March 19, 2012. Monthly Existing Home Sales … Recovering. Tax Credit Impact. Old Data. New Data.
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OUTLOOK Economic and Housing Market Lawrence Yun, Ph.D. Chief Economist NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Presentation at 2012 Resort and Second-Home Symposium Kiawah Island, SC March 19, 2012
Monthly Existing Home Sales … Recovering Tax Credit Impact Old Data New Data
Annual U.S. Existing Home Sales … Flat Line for 4 tough years
Second Home Sales In thousands
Median Price of Transacted Homes: Vacation Home Suffered More Primary (Blue) vs Vacation (Red) Source: NAR
Columbia and Myrtle Beach(Home Price Index: 1995 = 100) Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency
Bend and Portland, Oregon(Home Price Index: 1995 = 100) Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency
Santa Fe and Albuquerque(Home Price Index: 1995 = 100) Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency
Las Vegas and Miami vs Kansas City and Milwaukee(Home Price Index: 1995 = 100) Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency
U.S. Housing Starts Lowest since the Second World War… in the past three years Housing Starts in thousands
Serious Delinquent Mortgages … Mostly those who took out loans in bubble years(90+ days late or in foreclosure process)
Fannie and Freddie PerformanceMortgage Default after 18 months Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency
Foreclosure Starts(% of all mortgage outstanding; about 1/3 of homes are free and clear)
Foreclosure Inventory(% of all mortgage outstanding; about 1/3 of homes are free and clear)
Economic Expansion(GDP growth after recession should be sustained 4% to 5% … not 1.7% as occurred in 2011) Desired Pace
Total U.S. Payroll Jobs … Recovering(3.4 million job creation from low point in 2010) In thousands
Banks/Regulators Restricting Credit(Average Credit Scores of Approved Loans) 15% to 20% Higher Sales
CPI Rent is Rising…Biggest Weight to CPI(% change from 12 month ago)
Home Value Undervaluation(Recent analysis by The Economist magazine)
Improving Factors for Higher Home Sales • Improving Factors • Job Creation • Solid stock market recovery from 2008 • Rising rents and larger pool of qualified renters • Pent-up Release of Household Formation • Smart money chasing real estate (instead of gold?) • Consumer confidence OK (no longer dire) • Great affordability conditions • Favorable demographics for second home buyers • Potential Huge Positive … Lending opens up • Potential Huge Negative … Washington policy
Annual Household Formation… Future Rent Pressure?(3 separate Census data) In millions Household Formation leads to increase ownership and renters; Could begin to return to normal of at least 1 million from 2012.
Expensive Gold Price(Hedge against Inflation?) Will Investors shift money to alternative inflation hedge instrument … to real estate?
Monthly Pending Home Sales Index(Seasonally Adjusted) Homebuyer Tax Credit
Median Age and Income of Homebuyers • Primary 37 years old with $69,600 • Investment 45 years old with $87,600 • Vacation 49 years old with $99,500
Washington Policy Obstacles • QRM 20% downpayment rules • Mortgage Interest Deduction Limitation on second homes • Capital gains tax increase • Lower loan limit for conforming mortgages • More consumers face jumbo mortgages • Rising mortgages rates (market forces of higher inflation and high budget deficit)
Forecast Second Home and Resort Markets suffered more … Therefore, Ripe for a stronger recovery for both sales and prices
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