{"id":438,"date":"2020-01-23T16:04:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T16:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/?p=438"},"modified":"2020-01-23T16:04:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T16:04:59","slug":"the-1-reason-it-is-difficult-to-find-your-dream-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phphouses.com\/blog\/the-1-reason-it-is-difficult-to-find-your-dream-home\/","title":{"rendered":"The #1 Reason It Is Difficult to Find Your Dream Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The headlines in real estate today all revolve around one major point: there is a shortage of homes available for sale<\/em>. Price appreciation is accelerating again because there is a shortage of homes available for sale<\/em>. First-time buyers are taking longer to purchase a home because there is a shortage of homes available for sale<\/em> in the lower price points. Boomers are staying in their current homes longer because there is a shortage of homes available for sale<\/em> to which they would move. In certain markets, affordability is becoming more challenging because there is a shortage of homes available for sale.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the major reason for this lack of housing inventory?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The issue was examined in a recent article<\/a> by the National Home Builders Association<\/em> (NAHB). In the article, Robert Dietz, Chief Economist<\/em> for NAHB, explained:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHome building in the 2010s was a story of the Long Recovery. After the Great Recession, the number of home builders declined significantly, and housing production was unable to meet buyer demand\u2026Years of population and household formation growth, combined with relatively reduced levels of home building, have left the market with a critical supply shortage.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

On the chart above are the single-family home construction starts by decade for the last six decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, there\u2019s a current shortage of homes for sale because not enough houses were built over the last ten years. To add to the challenge, the U.S. population expanded by more than 20 million people during the 2010s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is a graph showing the number of starts per every million in population. The last decade shows that starts per population were less than half the average of the previous five decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There\u2019s good news coming!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The NAHB article explains that there is light at the end of the tunnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How confident home builders are in the housing market is a great indicator of how much building is about to get started. The NAHB\/Wells Fargo<\/em> Housing Market Index<\/strong> (HMI) gauges builder perceptions of current single-family home sales and sales expectations for the next six months as \u201cgood,\u201d \u201cfair,\u201d or \u201cpoor.\u201d The survey also asks builders to rate traffic of prospective buyers as \u201chigh to very high,\u201d \u201caverage,\u201d or \u201clow to very low.\u201d Scores for each component are then used to calculate a seasonally adjusted index where any number over 50 indicates that more builders view conditions as \u201cgood\u201d than \u201cpoor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the HMI readings going back to 2008:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 2019 confidence reading of 76 was the highest since 1999. The January 2020 index came in one point lower at 75. These readings indicate we should see an increase in new residential construction in 2020. Just last week, NAHB Chairman<\/em> Greg Ugalde stated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLow interest rates and a healthy labor market combined with a need for additional inventory are setting the stage for further home building gains in 2020.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The increase in housing starts has already begun. According to the January report<\/a> from the U.S. Census Bureau<\/em> and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development<\/em>, single\u2010family housing starts were up 11.2% and attained the highest level in thirteen years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bottom Line<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Whether you\u2019re a first-time buyer or a seller thinking of moving up or down, 2020 could be your year with more new construction homes coming to market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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