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Housing Peak? Existing House Sales Drop 2.5%, Down Year-Over-Year Second Month


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2018 May 26, 9:49am   1,518 views  3 comments

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https://www.themaven.net/mishtalk/economics/housing-peak-existing-home-sales-drop-2-5-down-year-over-year-second-month-VTvj9G05PEaKYp5gai7GaQ/

It's looking increasingly likely that housing has peaked this cycle. Year-over-year sales are down the second month,

The Econoday economists missed the mark badly this month on existing home sales.

Single-family home sales fell 3.0%. Overall sales fell 2.5% for the month and were lower than even the lowest estimate.

Year-over-year sales are down 1.4%. Last month sales were down 1.2% year-over-year. Sales have pretty much stagnated since June of 2015!

Mortgage News Daily reports Existing Home Sales Reverse Course, Down 3%. ...

Reader Comment

"If I was a member of the National Association of Realtors, I'd ask for a refund based upon the salary paid to Lawrence Yun. He has made terrible predictions for years."

My Reply

You have to recognize Yun for what he is: an NAR mouthpiece. He likely serves the NAR well.

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1   WookieMan   2018 Aug 16, 10:02am  

At least in IL (Chicagoland) there hasn't really been any building in the historical sense. Sure high rises are being built in Chicago (most rentals) and some subdivisions finished up in the burbs, but it's been close to a 10 year drought in building here. A good chunk of that new building usually would have been sold now as existing homes. So that's one factor I suppose.

The size of homes has also changed the game in my opinion. Used to be that you'd get a starter home and then move up. Subdivisions over the last 20-30 years were all basically selling homes that are 2,400 sq. ft. plus around here. That's more than enough space for the average family. So outside of job movement, there's probably not a lot of motivation for people to move. They like their houses and their family fits.

I don't know about the coasts, but I don't see a peak here in the midwest. Could prices drop or stagnate? Sure. I can't foresee anything greater then say maybe 5-10% drop and that would be spread out over several years. Not a peak in my opinion, but time will tell.
2   Patrick   2018 Aug 19, 2:20pm  

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3   BayArea   2018 Aug 19, 2:22pm  

Patrick says
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