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NAR: It’s still a seller’s market

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Monday, March 7, 2022

The fourth quarter of 2021 saw home prices continue to increase, although at a slower pace. Fewer markets in the last quarter experienced double-digit price gains, according to the latest quarterly report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

Out of 183 measured markets, 67 percent of the metros reached double-digit price appreciation compared to 78 percent in the prior quarter. Nationally, the median single-family existing-home price rose at a slower rate of 14.6 percent year-over-year to $361,700 compared with the year-over-year pace in the previous quarter (15.9 percent).

While the third quarter of 2021 witnessed all regions achieve double-digit price gains, the fourth quarter saw only the South experience double-digit price appreciation (17.9 percent), and single-digit price gains in the Northeast (6.8 percent), Midwest (8.6 percent), and the West (7.7 percent).

 “Homebuyers in the last quarter saw little relief as home prices continued to climb, albeit not as fast as earlier in the year,” NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in a release. “The increasing prices are indicative of a seller’s market, with an abundance of eager buyers and very limited supply.”

Metros in the Sunbelt and Mountain states topped the list of areas with the highest yearly price gains: Punta Gorda, Fla. (28.7 percent); Ocala, Fla. (28.2 percent); Austin-Round Rock, Texas (25.8 percent); Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. (25.7 percent); Sherman-Denison, Texas (25.1 percent); Tucson, Ariz. (24.9 percent); Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nev. (24.7 percent); Ogden-Clearfield, Utah (24.7 percent); Salt Lake City (24.4 percent); and Boise City-Nampa, Idaho (24.3 percent).  

The top 10 most expensive markets in the fourth quarter witnessed prices surge, with nine of them doing so by double-digit percentages. California led the way with five metros in the top 10, along with five other areas, including: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Sta. Clara, Calif. ($1,675,000; 19.6 percent); San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, Calif. ($1,310,000; 14.9 percent); Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, Calif. ($1,150,000; 23 percent); Urban Honolulu, Hawaii ($1,054,500; 16.8 percent); San Diego-Carlsbad, Calif. ($845,000; 14.2 percent); Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif. ($797,900; 15.9 percent); Boulder, Colo. ($775,100; 17.2 percent); Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. ($700,000; 13.9 percent); Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Fla. ($685,000; 21.2 percent); and Nassau County-Suffolk County, N.Y. (644,600; 9 percent).

“The strength of price gains are associated with the strength of the local job market, but the escalating prices took a toll on home shoppers, compelling many to come up with extra cash, and forcing others to delay making a purchase altogether,” Yun said. “A number of families, especially would-be first-time buyers, are increasingly being forced out of the market, and this is why supply is critical to expanding homeownership opportunity.”

 

While mounting housing costs were problematic for the entire year, affordability worsened in the fourth quarter compared with one year ago. Making the marketplace even more of a challenge was the certainty of increasing mortgage rates.

“The good news is that home prices should begin to normalize later in 2022 as more homes come on the market,” Yun said.

 In 20 markets where the median home sales price ranged from $537,400 to $1.675 million, a family needed more than $100,000 to afford a 10 percent down payment mortgage (17 markets in the previous quarter). These metros were found in California (San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, San Diego-Carlsbad, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale), Hawaii (Urban Honolulu), Colorado (Boulder, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Fort Collins), Washington and Oregon (Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro), Florida (Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island), Massachusetts and New Hampshire (Barnstable Town, Boston-Cambridge-Newton), New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania (Nassau County-Suffolk County, New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-Jersey City-White Plains), Connecticut (Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk), Nevada (Reno), and the Washington, D.C.-Arlington-Alexandria metro area.

Meanwhile, in 81 other markets – where the median sales price was at least $267,700 or less – a family needed less than $50,000 to afford a home (83 markets in the prior quarter). In 12 metro areas where the median home sales price was less than $160,000, a family generally needed less than $30,000 to purchase a home. Those areas were in Illinois and Iowa (Decatur, Peoria, Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Springfield, Rockford), Ohio and Pennsylvania (Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Toledo, Erie), New York (Binghamton, Elmira), and Maryland and West Virginia (Cumberland).

 

 

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