presentation: dr yun - charlotte
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Housing Market and Economic Outlook
Lawrence Yun, Ph.D. Chief Economist
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
Presentation at Charlotte Regional REALTOR® Association
Charlotte, NC
November 1, 2011
U.S. Annual Existing Home Sales …Ready to Breakout?
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Monthly Existing Home Sales … Flat Line outside of Tax Credit
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30-year Mortgage Fed Funds
Economy Losing Momentum (GDP growth after recession should be sustained 4% to 5% …
not 1% as in 1st half in 2011)
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Desired Pace
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Charlotte Region Activity • September 2011 YTD … up 1.1% • September 2010 YTD … up 4.0% (with tax credit)
• Inventory … down 20%
• Closed average price … down 6.5% • Listed average price … up 5%
• Case-Shiller price index … bottomed ??? … up 2 out of the
past 3 months
Source: CRRA 10K reports
U.S. Housing Starts… Very Low and much below Long-term Average
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Newly Built Home Inventory (40 year lows)
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Charlotte Housing Permits
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Improving Factors for Higher Home Sales
• Improving Factors – Job Creation (though slowly) – Stock market recovery from 2008 – Rising rents and larger pool of qualified renters – Buyers want distressed properties … at deep discounts – International buyers cashing in on the weakened dollar – Smart money chasing real estate
• Potential Huge Positive … Lending opens up • Potential Huge Negative … Washington policy change
Total U.S. Payroll Jobs – Modest Recovery (1.3 million in the past 12 months)
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In thousands 6.5 million below prior peak In thousands
North Dakota Jobs - Booming
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Texas Payroll Jobs – Fully Recovered
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Charlotte Long-Term Job Growth
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Weekly Fresh Unemployment Claims … Not Going under 400,000
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Financial Asset at $45 trillion … Good Recovery from 2008
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Source: Federal Reserve
Housing Equity (source of funds for small business owners) … Down
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In 2010, there were 1.5 million distressed sales … need to wait 2.7 years
Distress Sales: 30% to 40% of Transactions Will Remain Significant for Next 2 years
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Very Low Default among Recent Homebuyers Fannie and Freddie Backed Mortgage Loan Performance
Fannie Mae Vintage
Cumulative Default Rate after 18 months
2002 3.1%
2003 2.5%
2004 4.6%
2005 4.8%
2006 11.6%
2007 28.7%
2008 12.6%
2009 1.2%
Freddie Mac Vintage
Cumulative Default Rate after 18 months
2002 2.7%
2003 1.2%
2004 2.0%
2005 1.8%
2006 6.0%
2007 22.3%
2008 13.7%
2009 1.1%
Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency
Smart Money Buying?
• All-cash record high at 30% to 35% of all sales – Investors want quick deals – Investors cannot get mortgage – Some do not want to bother with appraisals – Financial asset recovery helping with cash – Hedge against future inflation … alternative to
expensive gold – Hedge against future housing shortage? – Empty nesters downsizing and using leftover cash for
kids’ home?
Real Estate as Inflation Hedge? (single-family home price in blue vs CPI in red)
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• Social Security COLA forecast to rise 3.5% in 2012 • Workers Wage to rise by 1.7% in 2011
Broad Inflationary Pressure Indicator % change from one year ago
Consumer Price Index
3.8%
Producer Price Index (Finished Product)
6.5%
Producer Price Index (Intermediate Product)
7.5%
Producer Price Index (Crude Product)
24.2%
Dow Jones Commodity Spot Price Index
28.3%
Gold Price
Off Record High Price … but very high
Upside Potential Surprise
Average Credit Score for Loan Origination
Normal 2009 2010 If
Fannie 720 761 762 720
Freddie 720 757 758 720
FHA 650 682 698 660
15% to 20% Higher Sales
Downside Potential Surprise
Washington Policy Change? • QRM and 20% downpayment requirement ???
– Affordability (staying within budget) more important than down payment
– No taxpayer bailout for FHA and VA program • Limit mortgage interest deduction for high income and
second homes ??? – Crush the working class in resort areas (Yacht Tax Impact) – Cascading impact to middle class homes and hurts confidence to
buy a home • Lower conforming loan limit ??? • Fannie and Freddie model was flawed (private
profit/taxpayer loss) and need a fundamental restructuring … not total privatization – Jumbo interest rates on all loans? – Non-existent loans in times of crisis?
National Museum of American History
• 4 million no-down-payment VA mortgages for World War II veterans • Fueled an unprecedented growth of America’s middle class
Real Estate Baseline Outlook • Moderate GDP Expansion 1.5% to 2.5% in the next 2 years
• 1.0 to 1.5 million annual job additions yearly in the next 2 years
• Mortgage Rates rising to 4.3% by year-end 2011 and 5.0% in 2012 • Not that important compared to underwriting standards
• Home sales – no reason to go lower … slight increases next 2 years
• Home values – steady and slow growth in the national price in the next 2 years … critical source of small business start-up funds
• Commercial : net absorption rising, vacancy rates falling, cap rates falling
Presidential Quotes
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt: “A nation of homeowners is unconquerable.”
• Ronald Reagan “We will preserve the part of the American dream which the mortgage-interest deduction symbolizes."
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