Saturday, March 26, 2016

RE/MAX National Housing Report: March 2016



RE/MAX researches 53 major metropolitan markets and analyzes the data to get a pulse on the US housing market. Here are some highlights from this months report. To download the full report visit http://www.remax.com/c/about/newsroom. For more information about your local real estate market and what these trends mean for you, contact me!

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Basic Economics

In February, median single-family home prices in Seattle jumped 24% over February 2015 to $644,950 and King County’s median single-family home price increased 20% from a year ago to $514,975. These prices are well in excess of the median single-family home prices prior to the economic meltdown nearly a decade ago. The dramatically increasing housing prices are only a symptom of the affordability crisis. The underlying cause is a lack of supply. Some people believe that housing markets are not driven by supply and demand – they are wrong. When demand exists and supply is scarce, prices go up. When there is demand and very scarce supply, prices go up a lot. Basic economics.

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