The housing market seems to be moving from bad to worse if news and some analysts' declarations are to be believed. However, despite the ongoing housing trouble, there are analysts who assert that the worsening of the market is actually a sign that it is starting to bottom out.
Getting worse before it gets better
As often as is the case in most industries, a crisis follows a trajectory of reaching its worst level before it exhausts itself and eventually flattens out, signaling a start of recovery for that particular sector. The same can be said with housing. In recent months, things seem to be going from bad to worse.
In August 2011, prices of residential properties recorded a nearly four percent decline from a year ago, a price level that is almost 30% off the peak of the market. Most homeowners see this development as a sign of a gloomy future for their properties and they cannot be blamed for such thoughts. However, the price trend can also be construed as a sign that the housing market crisis has reached its peak and is now starting to reach the bottom.
Where housing is right now
What seems to have escaped the notice of the public in the past few months is the fact that the supply of bank owned properties and other distressed residential properties has actually gone down. The decline has been gradual, but it is a fact that there is a decline.
Excess housing inventory, according to surveys conducted by Fannie Mae, is steadily diminishing while the number of households has risen as of the second quarter of 2011. Majority of households though, are renting properties instead of owning homes, a trend that can be equally good for the housing industry as renters occupying homes still benefit the sector in a big way.
Gloomy news of oversupply of bank owned homes have diverted the public's attention from the fact that we seem to be sitting on a housing sector that is starting to find the bottom.
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