According to Zillow’s Q1 Homeowner Confidence Survey, 74 percent of homeowners surveyed believe their home will not decline in value in the coming six months, Also, although 60 percent of homeowners believe their own home lost value during the past 12 months, in reality 80 percent of homes across the country lost value during the past 12 months.
Added future housing supply: A significant number of potential sellers are holding back due to the current market, according to the report. When asked about future plans to sell, 31 percent of home owners said they would be at least “somewhat likely” to put their homes on the market in the next 12 months if they saw signs of a real estate market turnaround.
“While homeowners are now more realistic when looking backward, they are still pretty starry-eyed when looking forward with three out of four homeowners believing that their own homes’ prices will increase or be flat over the next six months,†said Dr. Stan Humphries, Zillow’s vice president of data and analytics. “Unfortunately, there are few markets we expect to perform this well.”              San Diego downtown condos
This is an interesting article. Lets hope the positive thinking on the home owners part will spread and help to boost the real estate market.
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Housing is nowhere near bottom. It has at least 20% more to fall to become “reasonably” priced.
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This is why I know housing is nowhere near bottom. There’s still people like this who believe housing can only go up – any downturn is just a hiccup. Heck, genius Cramer even called a bottom in 2007!!!
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