Real Estate Trends
Home prices have risen nationally three times faster than incomes since the turn of the century, which has made home ownership an impossibility for more Americans than ever before.
In many large cities, home prices have outpaced income. In Miami, for example, incomes have risen 16 percent, while home prices have increased 58 percent since early 1998. New York's Long Island suburbs have seen just a 14 percent rise in incomes as compared to an 81 percent increase in home prices. Boston home prices have gone up 89 percent, while incomes have increased only 22 percent.
Even with a downturn in the real estate market looming on the horizon, home sales are still headed for another record year.
The first sector to show slowing is the high-end home market. Because of “overpersonalized” big-ticket properties, the pace of house auctions nationwide has surged.
Low interest rates are the only continuing positive trend of the housing market. Low rates average now less than 6 percent for 30-year fixed-rate loans, the lowest since the 1960s.
Real-estate analysts believe that if the housing market stalls, some areas will continue to grow modestly while other markets gradually go soft, rather than pop.
This is especially important in our current market! Recent months have shown the market softening/ correcting but this does not mean a repeat of 08'. I believe a strong indicator of Ada & Canyon County's economy it the movement of larger companies investment into our area. Micron, Meta and Amazon have all recently made the promise of new investment and job creation. Though the immediate real estate market is not as unsustainably Red Hot as it has been Ada and Canyon County for the last couple of years, continued investments in our community show a positive sign of continued growth.