{"id":760,"date":"2019-06-20T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/20\/recent-home-price-increases-fuel-sellers-optimism\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:07:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:07:40","slug":"recent-home-price-increases-fuel-sellers-optimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/20\/recent-home-price-increases-fuel-sellers-optimism\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Home Price Increases Fuel Sellers&#8217; Optimism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Recent Home Price Increases Fuel Sellers&#8217; Optimism<\/h2>\n<p>Recent consumer findings from a National Association of Realtors<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>survey reveal that many more Americans believe that now is a good time to <a href=\"average-home-sold-in-q1-garnered-57500-price-gain-for-sellers\/\">sell a home<\/a>. The second quarter of 2019 saw a jump in optimism in selling, with 46% strongly holding that belief, up from 37% in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/blog\/may-2019-housing-market-tracker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Redfin analysis<\/a> shows home prices edged up in May, for the largest year-over-year increase in seven months, which might help justify such optimism.<\/p>\n<p>NAR&#8217;s chief economist&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-person\">Lawrence Yun concurs:<\/span>&nbsp;&#8220;With <a href=\"median-home-price-decelerates\/\">home price appreciation<\/a> slowing, home sellers understand that the days of large price gains from holding an extra year are over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>An increased number of Americans also think that now is a good time to buy a home, and of those respondents, 38% answered that they strongly believe that notion, and 27% said they moderately believe the present is a good time to buy. Thirty-five percent disagreed, stating that now is not a good time to make a home purchase, which is unchanged from 2019&#8217;s first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>NAR&#8217;s second quarter&nbsp;<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nar.realtor\/homeownership-opportunities-and-market-experience-survey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Housing Opportunities and Market Experience (HOME) survey<\/a><\/i>&nbsp;also took a look at consumer attitudes regarding the nation&#8217;s economy. Fifty-five percent of those polled said that the economy is improving; that is up from 53% in the previous quarter. Second quarter optimism was greatest among those who earn&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-money\">$100,000<\/span>&nbsp;or more and those who reside in rural areas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58599 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/Median-Home-Price-Change-YOY_Redfin_2019-05-1.png\" alt=\"home prices\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\"><\/p>\n<p>NAR reports that 63% of those polled said they believe home prices have increased within their communities in the last 12 months, a slight jump from the first quarter&#8217;s 61%.<\/p>\n<p>Respondents were also asked to share their thoughts on future home prices in their neighborhoods. Forty-three percent said they believe prices will remain the same in their communities over the next six months, a figure which is consistent with the previous quarter. Forty-nine percent said they expect to see a price increase in their communities over the coming six months.<\/p>\n<p>Among those surveyed who do not currently own a home, 27% said they believe it would be very difficult to qualify for a mortgage due to their financial state; 30% said it would be somewhat difficult to qualify.<\/p>\n<p>Yun said that mortgage affordability was promising over the second quarter, and he predicts this trend will continue. &#8220;Lower mortgage rates, along with job and wage growth, will lead to an increase in sales and thereby contribute positively to economic growth in the upcoming quarters.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent Home Price Increases Fuel Sellers&#8217; Optimism Recent consumer findings from a National Association of Realtors\u00aesurvey reveal that many more Americans believe that now is a good time to sell a home. 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