The National Association of Realtors® released the Existing-home sales figures for September, and the market is up 10% over last month. I'd say not a bad month for housing and the recovery! We certainly have a ways to go yet, but it sure is nice to keep getting positive market data.
According to today's NAR Press Release, Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said the housing market is in the early stages of recovery. "A housing recovery is taking place but will be choppy at times depending on the duration and impact of a foreclosure moratorium. But the overall direction should be a gradual rising trend in home sales with buyers responding to historically low mortgage interest rates and very favorable affordability conditions."
Home affordability is the important topic here. Home prices are about 22% below where they were in 2005, and mortgaged rates are 1.5-2% lower. The median monthly mortgage payment on a home purchased today is several hundred dollars less than in 2005 - and in many cases, less than what new home buyers are currently paying for rent.
Things are looking UP!
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