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Infographic Shows Where the Housing Market Stands 10 Years After the Crash

by Punctual Abstract

Last month marked 10 years since the end of the Great Recession. A decade later, the American Land Title Association examines how the housing market has changed and whether the American dream of homeownership is still within reach with a handy infographic.

Before you click the link below to take a look, a little explanation is required: 

The light blue ring at the center of the circle represents the values present in 2009, which for the sake of comparison equals 100. The yellow, misshapen ring surrounding the blue ring represents the same values as recorded in April 2019. By comparing the two, you can see what has changed and by how much. 

Housing Health Infographic

Key Takeaways: 

Affordability Improved

Largely thanks to lower mortgage rates and increasing incomes, consumer home-buying power increased by 54 percent since 2009. The rate on a 30-year, fixed mortgage is roughly 1 percentage point lower than in 2009. On the national level, homes are more affordable.

Buying Power Trumps Price Increases

While the infographic also registers a 51-percent increase in nominal home prices, they are more than offset by the greater consumer home-buying power represented on the right side of the infographic.

Supply Woes

Many new homeowners are reluctant to move or upgrade because they locked in historically low mortgage rates. Many older homeowners are opting to retire without downsizing. These trends have combined and increased average home tenureship to 11 years from just under seven years in 2009. This has a significant impact on housing supply. 

You’ll notice that housing starts, represented in the sharp horn-like shape in the bottom left of the yellow ring, have doubled since the end of the recession, but levels are still inadequate to satisfy demand. 

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