Home Builders Has Largest Up-Tick in Five Years
The National Association of Home Builders index rose to it's largest monthly increase in the past five years. This is great news, but it still shows that only about one in seven builders thinks business is good or fair.
The reasons behind this real estate market are really no secret: mortgage rates near all-time lows, both Federal & California state home buyer tax creditsand the optim real estate buying season.
Here in California, besides the $8,000 first time home buyer's credit, California has a 5% (max. $10,000) new home credit. This combined with home mortgage rates around 4.75%, all make for a very appealing reason to get a home of your own. San Diego Realtor
Home Prices to Fall 29% in 2009 – National Association of Home Builders
At building industry trade show in Las Vegas, David Crowe of the National Association of Home Builders said: "We have consumer confidence at or near a historic low, and it will probably deteriorate in 2009. The nation has an excess "overhang" of 6.2 million homes for sale, about 1.5 million too many." Crowe said he expects prices to fall another 29 percent this year and new home sales to decline 14 percent.
Also, Mr. Sullivan, chief economist of the Portland Cement Association said: "I see another full two years almost before a significant gain." Mr. Sullivan was one of the first industry economists to predict the current downturn. San Diego Realtors