An ongoing trend of rising interest rates can also be an indication that the housing market is about to crash. Lenders compete with one another, using current interest rates to attract buyers, among other factors. Since they utilize similar metrics to calculate interest rates, lenders‘ rates will often correspond with one another.
When mortgage interest rates go up, buyers suddenly can’t afford to pay as much for the house itself, which means sellers might have to lower their prices in turn. If you understand how interest rates work on a mortgage, you will be better able to expect what’s coming next.
Brad Page, who works with 82% more single-family homes than the average agent in Savannah, Georgia, believes that “one of the biggest [signs of a crash] is inventory.”
The monthly “supply” of houses calculates how long it would take for all the homes currently listed on the market to sell at the current rate of demand.
In a healthy or balanced market, the supply is about six months. If the months of supply are fewer than six months, it means that it’s probably a seller’s market. In a buyer’s market, you will see more than six months worth of supply. Pokračovat ve čtení „5. There are more houses for sale“