How Will A Recession Affect The Housing Market?
Home values will most likely continue to grow in most markets, just at a slower pace. It is true that inflation has slowed down the real estate market but it hasn't become stagnant by any means.
We have seen two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth, which has been the historical definition of a recession. I would say that we are in the beginning stages of a legitimate recession. Having said that, we very well could see a decline in demand, thus, we expect the rate of appreciation to slow down, there are no indicators pointing to home values dropping.
To summarize:
◽️There still is a shortage of available homes to purchase.
◽️Inflation has driven the cost of home ownership upwards.
◽️The pandemic-era mortgage rates are gone, thus adding pressure to the affordability of purchasing a home.
◽️The silver lining here is that there are some great opportunities coming your way. Let's go!
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