If you thought home prices were bottoming out, you may be wrong. They’re expected to head a lot lower.
Home values are predicted to drop in 342 out of 381 markets during the next year, according to a new forecast of real estate prices.
Overall, the national median home price is predicted to drop 11.3% by June 30, 2010, according to Fiserv, a financial information and analysis firm. For the following year, the firm anticipates some stabilization with prices rising 3.6%.
In the past, Fiserv anticipated the rapid decline in home-sale prices over the past few years — though it underestimated the scope.
Mark Zandi, chief economist with Moody’s Economy.com, agreed with Fiserv’s current assessments. “I think more price declines are coming because the foreclosure crisis is not over,” he said.
In fact, those areas with high concentrations of foreclosure sales will experience the steepest drops, according to Fiserv. Miami, for example, is expected to be the biggest loser. Prices are forecast to plunge 29.9% by next June — after having already fallen a whopping 48% during the past three years.
If Fiserv’s forecast holds, Miami real median home price will tumble to $142,000 by June 2011.
In Orlando, Fla., the second-worst performing market, Fiserv anticipates a 27% price collapse by June 2010, followed by a less severe drop the following year. In Hanford, Calif., prices are estimated to drop 26.9% and continue falling 9.5% in 2011; in Naples, Fla., they’re expected to fall 26.8% and then flatten out.
Other notable losers include Las Vegas, where prices have already fallen 54.6% and are expected to lose another 23.9% by June 2010. In Phoenix values have already collapsed by 54% and could fall another 23.4%. In both cities, Fiserv anticipates the losses to continue into 2011, but they will be less than 5%.
Prices had stabilized
The latest forecast is at odds with the past few months of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price index. That report has given hope that most housing markets may have already stabilized because the composite index of 20 cities rose in May, June and July. Nationally, it found that home prices have gained 3.6%.
Brad Hunter, chief economist for Metrostudy, which provides housing market information to the industry, however, expects a change in fortunes, however.
“I’m afraid Case-Shiller may be just a temporary reprieve,” he said.
He pointed out that the tax credit for first-time home buyers helped support prices during the three months of Case-Shiller gains. By the end of November, the credit will have been used by 1.8 million homebuyers, at least 355,000 of whom would not have bought a house without the tax break, according to estimates by the National Association of Realtors. But the market assistance ends when the credit expires on Dec. 1.
Hunter also sees a new wave of foreclosure problems coming from higher priced loans and prime mortgages. He expects a high failure rate for option ARM loans that were issued to prime customers so they could buy homes in bubble markets, such as California and Florida. In those areas, prices for even modest homes had skyrocketed.
Winners
A handful of metro areas will buck the trend, according to Fiserv. Six markets will remain flat, and 33 will actually post gains. The biggest winner will be the Kennewick, Wash., metro area, where home prices have ramped up 8.9% over the past three years and are expected to increase another 3.4% by June 2010.
Fairbanks, Alaska, prices are anticipated to rise 2.5%, while Anchorage will climb 2.1%. Elmira, N.Y., prices may inch up 1.8%.
The nation’s biggest metro area, New York City, will underperform the nation as a whole over the next two years, according to Fiserv. Prices, which have already fallen 21.7% to a median of $375,000, are expected to fall 17.4% by June 2011.
Home values in the nation’s second largest city, Los Angeles, have fallen 43.3% since June 2006 to a median of $313,000. They are expected to dive another 20.2% over by June 2010, and then start to climb in 2011. Chicago prices, which have fallen 25.2% to $227,000, will drop only 4.1% over the next 12 months and then starting to climb.
The Detroit metro area now has the dubious distinction of having the lowest home prices in the country. Prices have dropped 51.7% to a median of $50,000. They’re expected to fall another 9.1% and then stabilize.
Home pricing is about to get lower.
November 13th, 20095,959 Homes Offered For Sale on Bank of America (Countrywide) Websit
November 6th, 2009Total REO Asking Price: $941,083,901
(As of October 7, 2009)
Source: http://www.countrywide.com/purchase/f_reo.asp
Click on state below for detailed listings.
| State | Count | Total Asking Price($) |
Average Asking Price($) |
| AK | 12 | 2,244,800 | 187,067 |
| AL | 127 | 18,947,870 | 149,196 |
| AR | 37 | 4,064,200 | 109,843 |
| AZ | 190 | 28,948,999 | 152,363 |
| CA | 1,278 | 299,602,269 | 234,431 |
| CO | 116 | 21,000,599 | 181,040 |
| CT | 34 | 8,576,499 | 252,250 |
| DC | 15 | 3,437,500 | 229,167 |
| DE | 09 | 967,200 | 107,467 |
| FL | 400 | 51,611,056 | 129,028 |
| GA | 283 | 29,506,982 | 104,265 |
| HI | 40 | 16,958,536 | 423,963 |
| IA | 20 | 1,977,500 | 98,875 |
| ID | 58 | 10,395,700 | 179,236 |
| IL | 245 | 32,827,196 | 133,989 |
| IN | 119 | 7,972,696 | 66,997 |
| KS | 47 | 3,374,499 | 71,798 |
| KY | 45 | 3,183,615 | 70,747 |
| LA | 37 | 4,856,992 | 131,270 |
| MA | 64 | 9,128,301 | 142,630 |
| MD | 127 | 25,665,531 | 202,091 |
| ME | 18 | 1,182,699 | 65,706 |
| MI | 345 | 21,712,506 | 62,935 |
| MN | 180 | 25,092,899 | 139,405 |
| MO | 109 | 11,415,399 | 104,728 |
| MS | 52 | 5,170,200 | 99,427 |
| MT | 21 | 6,781,300 | 322,919 |
| NC | 135 | 19,967,988 | 147,911 |
| ND | 04 | 277,600 | 69,400 |
| NE | 11 | 1,225,900 | 111,445 |
| NH | 31 | 4,836,700 | 156,023 |
| NJ | 79 | 14,208,300 | 179,852 |
| NM | 12 | 2,017,451 | 168,121 |
| NV | 134 | 20,626,300 | 153,928 |
| NY | 140 | 27,183,599 | 194,169 |
| OH | 125 | 8,506,714 | 68,054 |
| OK | 62 | 6,440,301 | 103,876 |
| OR | 78 | 18,313,600 | 234,790 |
| PA | 82 | 7,529,949 | 91,829 |
| RI | 20 | 2,055,000 | 102,750 |
| SC | 60 | 6,222,893 | 103,715 |
| SD | 08 | 1,262,100 | 157,763 |
| TN | 132 | 18,531,845 | 140,393 |
| TX | 381 | 45,514,298 | 119,460 |
| UT | 45 | 10,947,471 | 243,277 |
| VA | 172 | 29,993,799 | 174,383 |
| VT | 02 | 553,800 | 276,900 |
| WA | 120 | 27,653,550 | 230,446 |
| WI | 67 | 7,292,600 | 108,845 |
| WV | 29 | 3,120,800 | 107,614 |
| WY | 02 | 197,800 | 98,900 |
| Total | 5,959 | 941,083,901 | 150,915 |
The Effect of the Economic Crash on Construction Costs in Las Vegas
November 6th, 2009Found this interesting article and thought I’d share it with you all.
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These are tough times we live in, and the collapse of the economy and the financial markets have brought a sense of doom that still hangs in the air. Even though most of us are limping to recovery among the fallen debris of closed companies and lost jobs, others are yet to recover from the blow. The construction industry has also suffered its share of damage, and from the look of things, it will be some time before things get back to the way they were.
The boom that came before the crash sent housing and construction costs soaring, and even though prices were high, people were able to get mortgages to buy their dream homes. With the subprime mortgage industry failing miserably, there are many houses in the market today, with nary a buyer in sight. The costs have fallen, but people are finding it hard to raise the money for a mortgage. Banks have tightened their lending policies, a far cry from their earlier stand of giving loans to just about anyone who asked for them. So yes, houses are cheaper now, but there are hardly any takers for them.
And when it comes to construction, the cost of building your own home has gone up, because materials and labor have become costlier. There is bound to be a sharp drop in the number of non-residential construction projects, with offices, retail facilities, hotels, hospitals, factories, warehouses and other similar projects coming down by as much as 35 percent in some cases. The worst to suffer will be industrial and manufacturing units because money will be hard to come by for renovations or expansions.
The industry will take at least two years to recover from this blow, but there is one good thing to come out of all this. Housing is now affordable for those who are not looking for premium homes and want something to fit their mid-size budget. Also, the recession has paved the way for more sensible money habits – people are now more careful with their money and what they spend it on because they have realized that it does not grow on trees and that jobs are not certain.
Those in the construction business will have to learn how to stay competitive in today’s harsh economic climate and also be prepared for a time when the boom may start again. If history has taught us anything, it is that it repeats itself, so the best we can do is be prepared for any eventuality.
Las Vegas NV Area September 2009 REO Inventory Update
October 30th, 2009
Inventory has fallen since last report (-235 units), Under Contracts have fallen (-202) units Closing data is DOWN at -5 units. Low interest rates have spurred a flurry of buyer interest & activity this December and it continues.
REO sales accounted for 69% of all Las Vegas Area Valley resale closings in September 2009. REO listings account for only 21% of total resale listings.
Multiple offers are streaming in as banks continue to lower to fire and auction sale prices.
Current Listed Bank Owned Statistics:
Listings (10/15/2009): 2144
Under Contract (10/15/2009): 5043
Sold September 2009: 2869
Absorption Rate: 0.7 Months (THATS LESS THAN ONE MONTH = VERY LITTLE INVENTORY)
Housing starts rise in Sept.; wholesale prices dip
October 26th, 2009The Associated Press
Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009 | 12:09 a.m.
Construction of new homes edged up slightly in September, helped by a rebound in single-family construction. But applications for building permits fell by the largest amount in five months, a worrisome sign for future housing work.
The Commerce Department said Tuesday that construction of new homes and apartments rose 0.5 percent in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 590,000 units. That was a weaker showing than the 610,000 economists had expected.
New applications for building permits, considered a good sign of future activity, fell 1.2 percent in September.
That’s the biggest decline since a 2.5 percent drop in April and underscored worries the fledgling housing revival could be derailed by rising unemployment and the expiration on Nov. 30 of the government’s $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers.
Meanwhile, the Labor Department said wholesale prices fell 0.6 percent last month on a drop in energy costs. Outside food and energy, core inflation fell 0.1 percent. In the 12 months ending in September, core wholesale prices rose a modest 1.8 percent.
The drop in wholesale prices was another sign the recession had kept a lid on inflation. Last week, the government said consumer prices edged up a modest 0.2 percent in September.
Housing has been struggling to recover this year following a steep collapse that helped pull the overall economy into the worst recession since the 1930s.
But the industry still faces high unemployment, tighter bank lending standards and worries that home sales could falter once the first-time home buyers tax credit expires. The is lobbying Congress to extend the credit.
The 0.5 percent rise in overall construction in September followed a 1 percent drop in August that was revised down from an initial estimate of a 1.5 percent gain.
Construction of single-family homes rose 3.9 percent last month to an annual rate of 501,000 units, reversing a 4.7 percent drop in August. Multifamily construction, a much smaller and more volatile segment, posted a 15.2 percent drop following a 20.7 percent rise in August.
Construction rose 7.1 percent in the South, but all other regions showed weakness. Building activity fell 5.5 percent in the Northeast, 1.8 percent in the Midwest and 8.8 percent in the West.
An index from the National Association Home Builders that measures builder confidence slipped slightly in October to a reading of 18, from 19 in September. Builders blamed the slippage on the approaching expiration of the home buyer tax credit.
The industry contends that extending and expanding the credit for one year would generate nearly 350,0000 jobs and $11.6 billion in additional tax revenues.
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The REO Marketplace in Las Vegas
October 23rd, 2009Here are a couple of charts showing the short term behavior of the Las Vegas REO market.
The first shows the Inventory of available REO single family residences listed in the MLS and the number sold in the last 30 days. Note that this statistic requires a week or ten days to fully stablize. Basically the sales trickle in over a period of time rather than appearing on day one.
The message is obvious. The REO listings are approaching and likely at one month of sales and still going down strongly. Those negative on a recovery are projecting a slug of foreclosures. That would likely manifest itself as a leveling or even increase in the inventory level.
Maintenance of present trends is likely not possible. The inventory is at or close to a month. If it continues the present trend we will soon be to weeks of inventory. There is likely some unsaleable residue in this inventory. So we are within a month or two of a throttled REO sales scenario. They are still coming on the market but at well less than the market demand.
Should be an interesting time.
Let us also look at pricing during this period…
This is a 30 day median and average for the Single Family REOs sold in Las Vegas. The trend is still down though with less slope than earlier periods. Over time we should see if prices stabilize or increase as the inventory drops.
These charts will be updated at least a couple of times a week so we can all watch this unfold.
Nevada Housing Overview: 2009
October 14th, 2009The housing crash in Nevada is far from over, despite a feeding frenzy on foreclosures. A flood of adjustable rate mortgage resets will send more foreclosures on to the market for sale. But conditions in the housing market are at least improving in Nevada, which had more bad mortgages made in the nation per capita than any where else.
A foreclosure feeding frenzy is attracting buyers in Las Vegas, where foreclosures compose nearly three-quarters of all home sales. The discounted properties are accounting for new record numbers of home sales monthly. However, the median sales price is low, hovering around $140,000, indicating that the first time home buyers federal tax credit and other government incentives are boosting the marketplace.
The median price of a home has dropped more than half since the markets peak. But the inventory of Las Vegas homes is rising as a result of foreclosures. Many aren’t listed by real estate agents and are sold at auction or over the Internet.
Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson have formed a consortium to apply for a second round of government funds from the federal government’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program to improve the local economy. The program is part of the government’s $787 billion federal stimulus package. Housing Predictor forecasts Las Vegas home prices will sustain average housing deflation of 21.7% in 2009, a full six-percent less than forecast the beginning of the year due to the larger than expected volume of sales.
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| City | Forecast | |
| Las Vegas | − 21.7% | |
| Henderson | − 18.8% | |
| Reno | − 17.2% | |
| Lake Tahoe | − 15.0% | |
| Carson City | − 13.8% | |
Investors compose a large part of home buyers in Las Vegas, who are also buying in Henderson, which has seen builders stop the construction of many new housing developments in their tracts. The market just couldn’t absorb any more homes at the height of the boom. Henderson is forecast to sustain average housing deflation of 18.8% in 2009.
In Reno fallout from the financial crisis has also been severe, where homes have deflated at double-digit rates. Foreclosures and increasing walk-aways by homeowners with growing negative equity are troubling the local economy. The number of vacant homes in and around Reno are increasing and adding to the surplus of 2.1-million homes sitting vacant throughout the nation. The sell-off will take a number of years in Reno, which grew to one of the most over-built housing markets in the country, and is forecast to deflate 17.2% for the year.
In neighboring Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, a second home market dominates the area. It started deflating much later than many other vacation resort markets, and is now suffering through what is projected to be the worst downward spiral in Tahoe’s illustrious history. Home and condo prices are taking a bruising. Housing values are certain to fall further before financial markets find their footing. Lake Tahoe average housing values are forecast to deflate 15.0% in 2009.
In Carson City the economy counts on tourists to hit the slopes of neighboring Lake Tahoe’s many snow ski resorts. Buying at or near the top of the market has become a costly lesson for many. The downward spiral is hurting as foreclosures climb. Prices will be cut by a forecast 13.8% in 2009.
Gathering information for you.
October 9th, 2009National Alliance Inc. continues to research Las Vegas real estate market in order to provide the better property wholesale items for you.