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Southern California home sales plunge 20% in December to the lowest pace in 11 years
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anonymous
2019 Feb 10, 4:48pm
ATTOM Data Solutions just released its Year-End 2018 Home Equity and Underwater report, which showcased graphics on historical data for the nation as well as heat maps narrowing in on zip code level data. However, what about those metropolitan areas that speak to the larger group of people? Areas where homeowners are still feeling the lingering effects of the housing market crash or areas that are seeing great value in their home.
With this latest report, ATTOM Data found that one in four homeowners were considered ‘equity rich’ while one in 11 remained seriously underwater. The number of equity-rich homeowners ticked up to its highest level in five years. However, homeowners in more expensive western states continued doing far better than those in the Midwest or South. In areas where the median home price was at least $300,000 last year, owners were far more likely to be equity-rich and far less likely to be seriously underwater than those in other parts of the country.
Take a look below at some top markets that are seriously underwater and equity rich.
Flip the coin to the other side of the spectrum to see those metropolitan areas where home equity is quite abundant.
https://www.attomdata.com/news/market-trends/figuresfriday/top-10-seriously-underwater-areas/
Year-End 2018 Home Equity and Underwater report: https://www.attomdata.com/news/most-recent/attom-data-solutions-year-end-2018-u-s-home-equity-underwater-report/
With this latest report, ATTOM Data found that one in four homeowners were considered ‘equity rich’ while one in 11 remained seriously underwater. The number of equity-rich homeowners ticked up to its highest level in five years. However, homeowners in more expensive western states continued doing far better than those in the Midwest or South. In areas where the median home price was at least $300,000 last year, owners were far more likely to be equity-rich and far less likely to be seriously underwater than those in other parts of the country.
Take a look below at some top markets that are seriously underwater and equity rich.
Flip the coin to the other side of the spectrum to see those metropolitan areas where home equity is quite abundant.
https://www.attomdata.com/news/market-trends/figuresfriday/top-10-seriously-underwater-areas/
Year-End 2018 Home Equity and Underwater report: https://www.attomdata.com/news/most-recent/attom-data-solutions-year-end-2018-u-s-home-equity-underwater-report/
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anonymous
2019 Feb 10, 4:54pm
Q4 2018 Los Angeles Quarterly Market Report - 58 pages. Graphs. charts, etc.
https://assets.ctfassets.net/tq724bnqp4qt/4oh71J8zc0dXW8mX48aJGl/b6ce7cb55ea1a31d05631253a2b5691c/Los_Angeles_Quarterly_Market_Insights_Report_Q4_2018.pdf
Q3 2018 Los Angeles Quarterly Market Report - 58 pages. Graphs. charts, etc.
https://assets.ctfassets.net/tq724bnqp4qt/4l5TNCfN6USEQK8MuSKoey/95cc5f7088ed12745bb8ba43b7dd3269/Los_Angeles_Quarterly_Market_Insights_Report_Q3_2018.pdf
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Q3 2018 Los Angeles Quarterly Market Report - 58 pages. Graphs. charts, etc.
https://assets.ctfassets.net/tq724bnqp4qt/4l5TNCfN6USEQK8MuSKoey/95cc5f7088ed12745bb8ba43b7dd3269/Los_Angeles_Quarterly_Market_Insights_Report_Q3_2018.pdf
43
Ceffer
2019 Feb 10, 5:27pm
Ceffer
2019 Feb 10, 5:27pm
Take out home equity loans to buy monster trucks, plastic surgery and exotic vacations while the iron is hot! The time is NOW!
44
anonymous
2019 Feb 19, 5:10pm
Yet another sign from the housing market of a looming recession
A number of market analysts have pointed to signs of weakness in the U.S. housing market as an indicator of a possible economic recession ahead.
A slowdown in the housing market – evident by dampening home price growth, a decrease in new and existing home sales, and a downturn in housing starts – can be a key signal of the wavering health of the overall economy.
Now, the housing market has revealed yet another sign of a potential economic instability: a persistent decline in single-family housing authorizations.
What some call a key predictor of economic recessions, single-family authorizations represent building permits requesting permission to commence construction. By contrast, housing starts signal that construction has already begun.
According to a report released Tuesday by BuildFax, a provider of data on property conditions, single-family authorizations have declined year over year for the third consecutive month in January, falling 3.48%.
The trailing three-month outlook from November 2018 to January 2019 also showed repeated declines with a 3.04% decrease, the report revealed.
“This is particularly notable as continued year-over-year declines in single-family housing authorizations are historically correlated with economic recessions between 1961 and 2018,” BuildFax stated.
Housing maintenance and remodeling activity also trended downward in the last three months.
Maintenance volume fell 6.47% year over year and maintenance spending declined 7.29%. Remodeling volume decreased 10.85% year over year, while often volatile remodeling spending increased slightly by 1.26%.
“Slowing activity in the housing sector may be symptomatic of global economic tensions and dramatic moves in the stock market,” BuildFax noted.
Nevada, Oregon and Florida were the states that posted the greatest declines in maintenance activity, which BuildFax called “a signal of shifts in consumer confidence.”
BuildFax CEO Jonathan Kanarek said it’s not surprising that the weakened housing activity seen in late 2018 persisted into the new year.
“Given current economic conditions, including the recent government shutdown, sensitivity to interest rate increases and global market stressors, like ongoing trade negotiations, we were not surprised to see persistent declines,” Kanarek said. “It is yet to be seen if an easing of these external factors will alleviate the housing slowdown.”
But one category has been posting consistent gains.
Demolition activity has risen in the past five years by 16.65% across the country.
BuildFax reported that California, Texas, Tennessee and Florida have seen the greatest amount of demolition activity in recent years, reflecting investments in those areas.
Kanarek said that while an uptick in demolition activity does signal opportunities for investment, it also comes with the potential for abandoned construction.
“Demolition activity can be a leading indicator of economic reinvestment in a community, which often precedes larger real estate projects. However, historical BuildFax research suggests intended projects are cut short when timing aligns with an economic slowdown,” Kanarek said. “During the last housing crisis, abandoned construction projects replaced anticipated new housing construction. This is not necessarily indicative of trends in a future economic slowdown, but definitely a cycle we’re tracking closely.”
https://www.housingwire.com/articles/48219-yet-another-sign-from-the-housing-market-of-a-looming-recession?id=48219-yet-another-sign-from-the-housing-market-of-a-looming-recession&utm_campaign=Newsletter%20-%20HousingWire%20Daily&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70053433&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Cg46vpIN_c118LLowCGWbSKEEdCuy1_JEbxmO_Ug1iQsBTDlpJXYDMNJNiVC-aRMs7lh9ExV5BPsqbukcq_C57vh4bQ&_hsmi=70053433
A number of market analysts have pointed to signs of weakness in the U.S. housing market as an indicator of a possible economic recession ahead.
A slowdown in the housing market – evident by dampening home price growth, a decrease in new and existing home sales, and a downturn in housing starts – can be a key signal of the wavering health of the overall economy.
Now, the housing market has revealed yet another sign of a potential economic instability: a persistent decline in single-family housing authorizations.
What some call a key predictor of economic recessions, single-family authorizations represent building permits requesting permission to commence construction. By contrast, housing starts signal that construction has already begun.
According to a report released Tuesday by BuildFax, a provider of data on property conditions, single-family authorizations have declined year over year for the third consecutive month in January, falling 3.48%.
The trailing three-month outlook from November 2018 to January 2019 also showed repeated declines with a 3.04% decrease, the report revealed.
“This is particularly notable as continued year-over-year declines in single-family housing authorizations are historically correlated with economic recessions between 1961 and 2018,” BuildFax stated.
Housing maintenance and remodeling activity also trended downward in the last three months.
Maintenance volume fell 6.47% year over year and maintenance spending declined 7.29%. Remodeling volume decreased 10.85% year over year, while often volatile remodeling spending increased slightly by 1.26%.
“Slowing activity in the housing sector may be symptomatic of global economic tensions and dramatic moves in the stock market,” BuildFax noted.
Nevada, Oregon and Florida were the states that posted the greatest declines in maintenance activity, which BuildFax called “a signal of shifts in consumer confidence.”
BuildFax CEO Jonathan Kanarek said it’s not surprising that the weakened housing activity seen in late 2018 persisted into the new year.
“Given current economic conditions, including the recent government shutdown, sensitivity to interest rate increases and global market stressors, like ongoing trade negotiations, we were not surprised to see persistent declines,” Kanarek said. “It is yet to be seen if an easing of these external factors will alleviate the housing slowdown.”
But one category has been posting consistent gains.
Demolition activity has risen in the past five years by 16.65% across the country.
BuildFax reported that California, Texas, Tennessee and Florida have seen the greatest amount of demolition activity in recent years, reflecting investments in those areas.
Kanarek said that while an uptick in demolition activity does signal opportunities for investment, it also comes with the potential for abandoned construction.
“Demolition activity can be a leading indicator of economic reinvestment in a community, which often precedes larger real estate projects. However, historical BuildFax research suggests intended projects are cut short when timing aligns with an economic slowdown,” Kanarek said. “During the last housing crisis, abandoned construction projects replaced anticipated new housing construction. This is not necessarily indicative of trends in a future economic slowdown, but definitely a cycle we’re tracking closely.”
https://www.housingwire.com/articles/48219-yet-another-sign-from-the-housing-market-of-a-looming-recession?id=48219-yet-another-sign-from-the-housing-market-of-a-looming-recession&utm_campaign=Newsletter%20-%20HousingWire%20Daily&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70053433&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Cg46vpIN_c118LLowCGWbSKEEdCuy1_JEbxmO_Ug1iQsBTDlpJXYDMNJNiVC-aRMs7lh9ExV5BPsqbukcq_C57vh4bQ&_hsmi=70053433
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AD
2019 Feb 19, 5:38pm
AD
2019 Feb 19, 5:38pm
average of 10 year cycle... housing boom-bust cycle from 1999 to 2009 ...and now from 2009 to 2019 ....
By the way, I was incorrect about the 30 year mortgage averaging 5% now..it did so back in November of last year ...
Now it is about 4.3%... It bottomed with an average rate of about 3.4% back in July 2016...
Mortgage rates can actually hold steady or go down regardless if the Federal Reserve continues to raise the fed discount rate .... that is because there is not enough demand for mortgages (i.e., number of mortgage applications decreasing)...
By the way, I was incorrect about the 30 year mortgage averaging 5% now..it did so back in November of last year ...
Now it is about 4.3%... It bottomed with an average rate of about 3.4% back in July 2016...
Mortgage rates can actually hold steady or go down regardless if the Federal Reserve continues to raise the fed discount rate .... that is because there is not enough demand for mortgages (i.e., number of mortgage applications decreasing)...
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anonymous
2019 Feb 21, 7:36am
US existing home sales fall sharply to 3-year low
•U.S. home sales fell in January to their lowest level in more than three years and house prices rose only modestly.
•The National Association of Realtors said on Thursday existing home sales dropped 1.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.94 million units last month.
•That was the lowest level since November 2015 and well below analysts' expectations of a rate of 5.0 million units.
U.S. home sales fell in January to their lowest level in more than three years and house prices rose only modestly, suggesting a further loss of momentum in the housing market.
The National Association of Realtors said on Thursday existing home sales dropped 1.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.94 million units last month.
That was the lowest level since November 2015 and well below analysts' expectations of a rate of 5.0 million units. December's sales pace was revised slightly higher.
The drop in January came after months of weakness in the U.S. housing market. Existing home sales were down 8.5 percent from a year ago.
The U.S. housing market has been stymied by a sharp rise in mortgage rates since 2016 as well as land and labor shortages. That has led to tight inventory and more expensive homes.
At the same time, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate has dipped in recent months and house price inflation is slowing.
The median existing house price increased 2.8 percent from a year ago to $247,500 in January. That was the smallest increase since February 2012.
Last month, existing home sales fell in three of the country's four major regions, rising only in the Northeast.
There were 1.59 million previously owned homes on the market in January, up from 1.53 million in December.
At January's sales pace, it would take 3.9 months to exhaust the current inventory, up from 3.7 months in December. A supply of six to seven months is viewed as a healthy balance between supply and demand.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/21/existing-home-sales-january.html
•U.S. home sales fell in January to their lowest level in more than three years and house prices rose only modestly.
•The National Association of Realtors said on Thursday existing home sales dropped 1.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.94 million units last month.
•That was the lowest level since November 2015 and well below analysts' expectations of a rate of 5.0 million units.
U.S. home sales fell in January to their lowest level in more than three years and house prices rose only modestly, suggesting a further loss of momentum in the housing market.
The National Association of Realtors said on Thursday existing home sales dropped 1.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.94 million units last month.
That was the lowest level since November 2015 and well below analysts' expectations of a rate of 5.0 million units. December's sales pace was revised slightly higher.
The drop in January came after months of weakness in the U.S. housing market. Existing home sales were down 8.5 percent from a year ago.
The U.S. housing market has been stymied by a sharp rise in mortgage rates since 2016 as well as land and labor shortages. That has led to tight inventory and more expensive homes.
At the same time, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate has dipped in recent months and house price inflation is slowing.
The median existing house price increased 2.8 percent from a year ago to $247,500 in January. That was the smallest increase since February 2012.
Last month, existing home sales fell in three of the country's four major regions, rising only in the Northeast.
There were 1.59 million previously owned homes on the market in January, up from 1.53 million in December.
At January's sales pace, it would take 3.9 months to exhaust the current inventory, up from 3.7 months in December. A supply of six to seven months is viewed as a healthy balance between supply and demand.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/21/existing-home-sales-january.html
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MrMagic
2019 Feb 21, 8:43am
MrMagic
2019 Feb 21, 8:43am
Kakistocracy says
Kakistocracy says
Kakistocracy says
Sounds like a pretty good market, wouldn't you say, @Kakistocracy ?
Rates down, prices still rising, plenty of inventory. Are you ready to move out from mom's basement yet and buy a house?
At the same time, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate has dipped in recent months
Kakistocracy says
The median existing house price increased 2.8 percent from a year ago to $247,500 in January.
Kakistocracy says
At January's sales pace, it would take 3.9 months to exhaust the current inventory, up from 3.7 months in December. A supply of six to seven months is viewed as a healthy balance between supply and demand.
Sounds like a pretty good market, wouldn't you say, @Kakistocracy ?
Rates down, prices still rising, plenty of inventory. Are you ready to move out from mom's basement yet and buy a house?
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anonymous
2019 Feb 21, 2:42pm
LendingTree: Pool of mortgage borrowers receiving interest rates under 5% is shrinking
84.2% of borrowers received mortgages under 5%
LendingTree's latest Mortgage Rate Competition Index revealed that borrowers with interest rates under 5% slid further for the week ending Feb. 17, 2019.
The report states that for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, 84.2% of purchase borrowers received offers with interest rates under 5%, falling from 87.8% last week. Notably, this is a decrease from 2018’s rate when 88.2% of purchase offers were under 5%.
The report also highlights that across all 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage purchase applications made on LendingTree’s website, 21.2% of borrowers were offered an interest rate of 4.625%, making it the most common interest rate.
Furthermore, 80.5% of 30-year fixed-rate mortgage refinance borrowers received offers under 5%, rising from 78.8% one week prior. This is moderately down from 2018’s rate when 85.1% of refinance offers were under 5%.
Lastly, across all 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage refinance applications, the most common interest rate was 4.625%. This rate was offered to 20.7% of borrowers, according to the report.
When it came to mortgage competition, LendingTree reports that across all 30-year fixed-rate mortgage purchase applications on its site, the index came in at 0.68. However, the refinance market index was wider, coming in at 0.78.
“The distribution of rates — and as a result, the Mortgage Rate Competition Index — has widened as rates increased, reflecting how mortgage lenders may change the rates at which they can offer consumers loans, depending on their unique business circumstances,” LendingTree writes.
NOTE: The LendingTree Mortgage Rate Competition Index measures the spread in the APR of the best offers available on its website.
https://www.housingwire.com/articles/48240-lendingtree-pool-of-mortgage-borrowers-receiving-interest-rates-under-5-is-shrinking
84.2% of borrowers received mortgages under 5%
LendingTree's latest Mortgage Rate Competition Index revealed that borrowers with interest rates under 5% slid further for the week ending Feb. 17, 2019.
The report states that for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, 84.2% of purchase borrowers received offers with interest rates under 5%, falling from 87.8% last week. Notably, this is a decrease from 2018’s rate when 88.2% of purchase offers were under 5%.
The report also highlights that across all 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage purchase applications made on LendingTree’s website, 21.2% of borrowers were offered an interest rate of 4.625%, making it the most common interest rate.
Furthermore, 80.5% of 30-year fixed-rate mortgage refinance borrowers received offers under 5%, rising from 78.8% one week prior. This is moderately down from 2018’s rate when 85.1% of refinance offers were under 5%.
Lastly, across all 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage refinance applications, the most common interest rate was 4.625%. This rate was offered to 20.7% of borrowers, according to the report.
When it came to mortgage competition, LendingTree reports that across all 30-year fixed-rate mortgage purchase applications on its site, the index came in at 0.68. However, the refinance market index was wider, coming in at 0.78.
“The distribution of rates — and as a result, the Mortgage Rate Competition Index — has widened as rates increased, reflecting how mortgage lenders may change the rates at which they can offer consumers loans, depending on their unique business circumstances,” LendingTree writes.
NOTE: The LendingTree Mortgage Rate Competition Index measures the spread in the APR of the best offers available on its website.
https://www.housingwire.com/articles/48240-lendingtree-pool-of-mortgage-borrowers-receiving-interest-rates-under-5-is-shrinking
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anonymous
2019 Mar 13, 4:53pm
California housing seen cooling further going into 2020: UCLA forecast
•While job growth and the California economy remain strong, weakness is apparent in the state's housing market and it is likely to cool further going into 2020, says the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast.
•The housing slowdown could put a damper on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's plans to step up the pace of new homes built to help ease the state's housing shortage.
•The director of the forecast says home prices are falling in many major markets of the Golden State, calling the decline "widespread and substantial."
While job growth and the California economy remain strong, weakness is apparent in the state's housing market and it is likely to cool further going into 2020, according to the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast, released Wednesday.
"The housing markets are softening in California, and it's not just the tony neighborhoods of San Francisco, Silicon Valley and West LA," said Jerry Nickelsburg, an adjunct professor at UCLA and director of the Anderson School of Management's forecast. "This is a statewide phenomenon."
The economist said anticipated demand for housing throughout the state has been lacking despite the strength of the state's overall economy and positive trends in the job market.
Nickelsburg said the slowdown in the state's housing market also has implications for the California economy going forward. In addition, the housing slowdown could put a damper on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's plans to step up the pace of new homes built to help ease the state's housing shortage.
"With our national forecast for slowing economic growth, continued discussion on when the next recession will be, and the Fed indicating that the peak of the interest rate cycle could be near, we now expect weaker housing markets into 2020," Nickelsburg wrote in the forecast report. "As a consequence, our forecast for housing starts in 2019 and 2020 has been revised downward, with a recovery in building beginning in 2021."
While the housing market is slowing, the state's job growth remains strong, according to the forecast. It said California's average unemployment rate is expected to rise to an average of 4.5 percent in 2019 with slower national economic growth, and then at a pace of 4.3 percent in 2020 and 2021.
California added the highest number of construction jobs nationally between January 2018 and 2019, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. The state added 28,500 jobs, or an increase of 3.4 percent during the period.
Meantime, Nickelsburg said home prices are falling in many major markets of the Golden State, calling the decline "widespread and substantial."
The economist said the impact of the cooling is even being felt in the Central Valley of California, where home sales have fallen by more than 10 percent.
In Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area, home sales fell to an 11-year low in January, according to CoreLogic. The analytics provider reported sales have fallen on a year-over-year basis in the Bay Area the past eight consecutive months, while in Southern California sales have fallen on a year-over-year basis in the last six consecutive months.
At the same time, the nation's most populous state continues to suffer from a chronic housing shortage.
"Home prices are falling in California as is the level of building," Nickelsburg wrote. He said one possible explanation is "higher mortgage interest rates are depressing prices but not the underlying demand."
Another possibility behind the housing slowdown is prices are "so expensive that everyone (well a lot of everyone) is leaving," the economist added.
Newsom, who assumed the governorship in January, this week announced an updated plan to ease the state's "housing cost crisis." The Democrat proposed a $1.75 billion housing package, including $1 billion in loans and tax incentives to spur low-, mixed- and middle-income housing production.
The governor wants to build 3.5 million new housing units in the state by 2025, or an average of about 500,000 a year. But there were only about 120,000 new homes built in 2018.
Newsom is pressing cities and counties to meet those ambitious housing expansion targets. Some of the steps are controversial, such as threatening to take away transportation funds from cities that fail to meet targets.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/13/california-housing-seen-cooling-further-going-into-2020-ucla-forecast.html
Anderson Forecast: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-anderson-forecast-points-to-weaker-economic-growth
It's still not getting any better from these reports either
Someone took credit and ownership on the way up - they own it lock, stock and barrel on the way down as well, and it is going down.
•While job growth and the California economy remain strong, weakness is apparent in the state's housing market and it is likely to cool further going into 2020, says the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast.
•The housing slowdown could put a damper on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's plans to step up the pace of new homes built to help ease the state's housing shortage.
•The director of the forecast says home prices are falling in many major markets of the Golden State, calling the decline "widespread and substantial."
While job growth and the California economy remain strong, weakness is apparent in the state's housing market and it is likely to cool further going into 2020, according to the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast, released Wednesday.
"The housing markets are softening in California, and it's not just the tony neighborhoods of San Francisco, Silicon Valley and West LA," said Jerry Nickelsburg, an adjunct professor at UCLA and director of the Anderson School of Management's forecast. "This is a statewide phenomenon."
The economist said anticipated demand for housing throughout the state has been lacking despite the strength of the state's overall economy and positive trends in the job market.
Nickelsburg said the slowdown in the state's housing market also has implications for the California economy going forward. In addition, the housing slowdown could put a damper on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's plans to step up the pace of new homes built to help ease the state's housing shortage.
"With our national forecast for slowing economic growth, continued discussion on when the next recession will be, and the Fed indicating that the peak of the interest rate cycle could be near, we now expect weaker housing markets into 2020," Nickelsburg wrote in the forecast report. "As a consequence, our forecast for housing starts in 2019 and 2020 has been revised downward, with a recovery in building beginning in 2021."
While the housing market is slowing, the state's job growth remains strong, according to the forecast. It said California's average unemployment rate is expected to rise to an average of 4.5 percent in 2019 with slower national economic growth, and then at a pace of 4.3 percent in 2020 and 2021.
California added the highest number of construction jobs nationally between January 2018 and 2019, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. The state added 28,500 jobs, or an increase of 3.4 percent during the period.
Meantime, Nickelsburg said home prices are falling in many major markets of the Golden State, calling the decline "widespread and substantial."
The economist said the impact of the cooling is even being felt in the Central Valley of California, where home sales have fallen by more than 10 percent.
In Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area, home sales fell to an 11-year low in January, according to CoreLogic. The analytics provider reported sales have fallen on a year-over-year basis in the Bay Area the past eight consecutive months, while in Southern California sales have fallen on a year-over-year basis in the last six consecutive months.
At the same time, the nation's most populous state continues to suffer from a chronic housing shortage.
"Home prices are falling in California as is the level of building," Nickelsburg wrote. He said one possible explanation is "higher mortgage interest rates are depressing prices but not the underlying demand."
Another possibility behind the housing slowdown is prices are "so expensive that everyone (well a lot of everyone) is leaving," the economist added.
Newsom, who assumed the governorship in January, this week announced an updated plan to ease the state's "housing cost crisis." The Democrat proposed a $1.75 billion housing package, including $1 billion in loans and tax incentives to spur low-, mixed- and middle-income housing production.
The governor wants to build 3.5 million new housing units in the state by 2025, or an average of about 500,000 a year. But there were only about 120,000 new homes built in 2018.
Newsom is pressing cities and counties to meet those ambitious housing expansion targets. Some of the steps are controversial, such as threatening to take away transportation funds from cities that fail to meet targets.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/13/california-housing-seen-cooling-further-going-into-2020-ucla-forecast.html
Anderson Forecast: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-anderson-forecast-points-to-weaker-economic-growth
It's still not getting any better from these reports either
Someone took credit and ownership on the way up - they own it lock, stock and barrel on the way down as well, and it is going down.
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GNL
2019 Mar 13, 8:22pm
GNL
2019 Mar 13, 8:22pm
Kakistocracy says
Did I read this wrong? It says less housing will be built. How does that help anything other than higher prices?
California housing seen cooling further going into 2020: UCLA forecast
•While job growth and the California economy remain strong, weakness is apparent in the state's housing market and it is likely to cool further going into 2020, says the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast.
•The housing slowdown could put a damper on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's plans to step up the pace of new homes built to help ease the state's housing shortage.
•The director of the forecast says home prices are falling in many major markets of the Golden State, calling the decline "widespread and substantial."
While job growth and the California economy remain strong, weakness is apparent in the state's housing market and it is likely to cool further going into 2020, according to the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast, released Wednesday.
"The housing markets are softening in California, and it's not just the tony neighborhoods of San Francisco, Silicon Valley and West LA," said Jerry ...
Did I read this wrong? It says less housing will be built. How does that help anything other than higher prices?
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AD
2019 Mar 13, 9:34pm
AD
2019 Mar 13, 9:34pm
Zillow now shows San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego all as neutral markets (i.e., neither buy or sellers market).
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krc
2019 Mar 13, 9:46pm
As IWOG would say - get ready to buy. I think a lot of his argument was that - yes - there will be fluctuations in the pricing of US real estate. But, when you look at the global market, the US is undervalued and has been so for decades. That will continue. Just to give some perspective here:
https://moneyinc.com/the-20-most-expensive-cities-to-buy-a-home-in-the-world/
And, yes, foreigners buying real estate does have an impact to pricing. And, yes, they may stop for a while, but when you look for asset purchase deals - the US still a bargain.
I do miss IWOG. I think his point on the real estate bears on this board would be "a broke clock is right twice a day." Of course there will be a pull back. :)
https://moneyinc.com/the-20-most-expensive-cities-to-buy-a-home-in-the-world/
And, yes, foreigners buying real estate does have an impact to pricing. And, yes, they may stop for a while, but when you look for asset purchase deals - the US still a bargain.
I do miss IWOG. I think his point on the real estate bears on this board would be "a broke clock is right twice a day." Of course there will be a pull back. :)
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anonymous
2019 Mar 20, 5:08am
March 2019 Housing Market Reports
Orange County, March 2019
Irvine, California, March 2019
Los Angeles County, March 2019
San Diego County, March 2019
San Jose Metro, March 2019
San Francisco Metro, March 2019
Riverside County, March 2019
San Bernardino, March 2019
Ventura County, March 2019
You can access a link to each specific report here: http://ochousingnews.com/march-2019-housing-market-reports/
Orange County, March 2019
Irvine, California, March 2019
Los Angeles County, March 2019
San Diego County, March 2019
San Jose Metro, March 2019
San Francisco Metro, March 2019
Riverside County, March 2019
San Bernardino, March 2019
Ventura County, March 2019
You can access a link to each specific report here: http://ochousingnews.com/march-2019-housing-market-reports/
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RC2006
2019 Mar 20, 11:41am
RC2006
2019 Mar 20, 11:41am
Wish you could see valuations over google maps, to see price changes on more local level. Are declines more in shitty areas?
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AD
2019 Mar 20, 11:55am
AD
2019 Mar 20, 11:55am
RC2006 says
I think the best you could do is type in zip code at https://www.zillow.com/los-angeles-ca/home-values/
Also check Zillow Research such as https://www.zillow.com/research/local-market-reports/
https://www.zillow.com/research/data/
Wish you could see valuations over google maps, to see price changes on more local level. Are declines more in shitty areas?
I think the best you could do is type in zip code at https://www.zillow.com/los-angeles-ca/home-values/
Also check Zillow Research such as https://www.zillow.com/research/local-market-reports/
https://www.zillow.com/research/data/
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AD
2019 Mar 20, 12:06pm
AD
2019 Mar 20, 12:06pm
RC2006 says
Please define "shitty areas" in terms of demographics, test scores at local public schools, amount of people living under one household roof, etc.
Are declines more in shitty areas?
Please define "shitty areas" in terms of demographics, test scores at local public schools, amount of people living under one household roof, etc.
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anonymous
2019 Mar 31, 4:49am
This week ATTOM Data Solutions released its Q1 2019 U.S. Home Affordability Index, which shows that median-priced homes were not affordable for average wage earners in the first quarter of 2019 in 71 percent of the U.S. housing markets.
Of the 473 U.S. counties included in the analysis, 335 (71 percent) were not affordable for average wage earners. Among those, was Orange County, California, where the annual income needed to buy was $184,022 which was well above the $62,478 average annual wage there. In Orange County, an average wage earner would need to spend 82.5 percent of his or her income to buy a median-priced home in the first quarter of 2019.
Here are the top 10 counties where the greatest percent of annualized wages was needed to buy a home in Q1 2019:
https://www.attomdata.com/news/market-trends/figuresfriday/top-10-counties-with-the-worst-home-affordability/
Of the 473 U.S. counties included in the analysis, 335 (71 percent) were not affordable for average wage earners. Among those, was Orange County, California, where the annual income needed to buy was $184,022 which was well above the $62,478 average annual wage there. In Orange County, an average wage earner would need to spend 82.5 percent of his or her income to buy a median-priced home in the first quarter of 2019.
Here are the top 10 counties where the greatest percent of annualized wages was needed to buy a home in Q1 2019:
https://www.attomdata.com/news/market-trends/figuresfriday/top-10-counties-with-the-worst-home-affordability/
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From November to December, sales of new and existing houses and condominiums in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura, San Bernardino and Orange counties dropped 8.2 percent.
Sales usually rise in Southern California between November and December, with an average increase of around 12 percent, so this was clearly a huge aberration.
•The housing pain persists in Southern California, as higher costs weigh heavily on potential buyers. Home sales in the region fell 20.3 percent year over year in December, according to CoreLogic. That is the lowest December sales pace since 2007.
•From November to December, sales of new and existing houses and condominiums in the area dropped 8.2 percent in December.
•Sales usually rise in Southern California between November and December, with average increase of around 12 percent, so this was clearly a huge aberration.
"Last month's sharp drop in home sales stands out in several ways," said Andrew LePage, a CoreLogic analyst, noting that it was the slowest pace in 11 years and the largest decline for any month in more than eight years. "This drop in activity reflects a variety of factors. Mortgage rates hit a 2018 high in November, affecting December closings, and stock-market volatility created an additional headwind in high-end markets. Meanwhile, some would-be buyers remain priced out or unwilling to buy amid concerns that prices have overshot a sustainable level."
Sales of newly built homes fared particularly badly, down more than 50 percent from their average over the last 30 years. Much of that is because builders are still building far fewer homes since the housing crash, and part is because prices for newly built homes continue to soar.
"Half of America can only afford a $230,000 mortgage, and the builders in good locations just can't get down to anywhere near that," said John Burns, CEO of California-based John Burns Real Estate Consulting. "Eleven of the top 19 builders, their average sales price is above 400 grand."
More: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/30/southern-california-home-sales-plunge-20percent-in-december-lowest-pace-in-11-years.html
If you go back and look what happened not so long ago, it is interesting to see the same type of headlines.
Type in SoCal Housing in the search tab on here.
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