Thursday, March 28, 2024 | The Latest Buzz for the Appraisal Industry

Fewer Plan to Buy, But Others Aren’t Giving Up

By Jann Swanson

Posted To: MND NewsWire

The perceptions, expectations, and plans of prospective homebuyers appear to be undergoing a transition according to results from the most recent Housing Trends survey report from the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB). Rose Quint writes about the fourth quarter 2018 survey in a five-part series in the association’s Eye on Housing Blog. She says that, for starters, there has been a steady erosion in the percentage of adults who said they planned to purchase a home within a year. That share slipped quarterly from 24 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 to 13 percent in both the third and fourth quarters of 2018. Quint says the decline provides additional evidence that housing affordability has become a serious concern. Its deterioration has been driven by several years of strong home…(read more)

Forward this article via email: Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it.

Via:: Fewer Plan to Buy, But Others Aren’t Giving Up

      

Brent Bowen

Loosening The Knot

Something that I like to do is to research the etymology of various words. This is essential in understanding older/historical texts, so that you can

Read More »

TOP RATED PRODUCTS

5/5