{"id":2330,"date":"2022-01-13T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/whats-going-to-happen-with-home-prices-this-year\/"},"modified":"2022-01-13T11:00:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T11:00:22","slug":"whats-going-to-happen-with-home-prices-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/13\/whats-going-to-happen-with-home-prices-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Going To Happen with Home Prices This Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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$\"What\u2019s$ <\/p>\n

After almost two years of double-digit increases, many experts thought home price appreciation would decelerate or happen at a slower pace in the last quarter of 2021. However, the latest Home Price Insights Report<\/em><\/a> from CoreLogic<\/em> indicates while prices may have plateaued, appreciation has definitely not slowed. The following graph shows year-over-year appreciation throughout 2021. December data has not yet been released.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

$\"What\u2019s$ <\/a>
\nAs the graph shows, appreciation has remained steady at around 18% over the last five months.<\/p>\n

In addition, the latest S&P Case-Shiller Price Index<\/em><\/a> and the FHFA Price Index<\/em><\/a> show a slight deceleration from the same time last year \u2013 it\u2019s just not at the level that was expected. However, they also both indicate there\u2019s continued strong price growth throughout the country. FHFA reports all nine regions of the country still experienced double-digit appreciation. The Case-Shiller 20-City Index<\/em> reveals all 20 metros had double-digit appreciation.<\/p>\n

Why Haven\u2019t We Seen the Deeper Deceleration Many Expected?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Experts had projected the supply of housing inventory would increase in the last half of 2021 and buyer demand would decrease, as it historically does later in the year. Since all pricing is subject to supply and demand, it seemed that appreciation would wane under those conditions.<\/p>\n
Buyer demand<\/a>, however, did not slow as much as expected, and the number of listings available for sale dropped instead of improved. The graph below uses data<\/a> from realtor.com<\/em> to show the number of available listings for sale each month, including the decline in listings at the end of the year.<\/p>\n
$\"What\u2019s$ <\/a>
\nHere are three reasons why the number of active listings didn\u2019t increase as expected:<\/p>\n
1. There hasn\u2019t been a surge of foreclosures<\/a> as the forbearance program comes to an end.<\/p>\n
2. New construction slowed considerably because of supply chain challenges<\/a>.<\/p>\n
3. Many believed more sellers would put their houses on the market once the concerns about the pandemic began to ease. However, those concerns have not yet disappeared. A recent article<\/a> published by com<\/em> explains:<\/p>\n
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\u201cBefore the omicron variant of COVID-19 appeared on the scene, the 2021 housing market was rebounding healthily from previous waves of the pandemic and turned downright bullish as the end of the year approached. . . . And then the new omicron strain hit in November, followed by a December dip in new listings. Was this sudden drop due to omicron, or just the typical holiday season lull?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
No one knows for sure, but it does seem possible.<\/p>\n
Bottom Line<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Home price appreciation might slow (or decelerate) in 2022. However, based on supply and demand, you shouldn\u2019t expect the deceleration to be swift or deep.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After almost two years of double-digit increases, many experts thought home price appreciation would decelerate or happen at a slower pace in the last quarter of 2021. However, the latest Home Price Insights Report from CoreLogic indicates while prices may have plateaued, appreciation has definitely not slowed. The following graph shows year-over-year appreciation throughout 2021. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[29,27,20,18,28],"class_list":["post-2330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-insight","tag-idaho-real-estate","tag-north-idaho-homes","tag-rain-silverhawk","tag-real-estate","tag-sandpoint-idaho"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t