{"id":335,"date":"2018-10-23T01:39:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T01:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/2018\/10\/23\/will-home-prices-continue-to-increase\/"},"modified":"2018-10-23T01:39:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T01:39:04","slug":"will-home-prices-continue-to-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/?p=335","title":{"rendered":"Will Home Prices Continue to Increase?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"648\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04155913\/20181022-Share-STM.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Will Home Prices Continue to Increase? | Simplifying The Market\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04155913\/20181022-Share-STM.jpg 750w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04155913\/20181022-Share-STM-549x300.jpg 549w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\"><\/p>\n<p>There are many unsubstantiated theories about what is happening with home prices. From those who are worried that prices are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplifyingthemarket.com\/2018\/09\/27\/are-home-prices-softening-or-are-they-falling\/?a=407209-0a9a783e881394b596f3c5746f5b9a77\">falling<\/a> <em>(data shows this is untrue),<\/em> to those who are concerned that prices are again approaching\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplifyingthemarket.com\/2018\/09\/12\/home-prices-have-appreciated-6-9-in-2018\/?a=407209-0a9a783e881394b596f3c5746f5b9a77\">boom<\/a>\u00a0peaks because of\u00a0<em>\u201cirrational exuberance\u201d\u00a0(this is also untrue as prices are not at peak levels when they are adjusted for inflation),<\/em>\u00a0there seems to be no shortage of opinion.<span id=\"more-38250\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, the increase in prices is easily\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplifyingthemarket.com\/2018\/10\/01\/how-does-the-supply-of-homes-for-sale-impact-buyer-demand\/?a=407209-0a9a783e881394b596f3c5746f5b9a77\">explained<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong><em>the theory of supply &#038; demand.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Whenever there is a limited supply of an item that is in high demand, prices increase. It is that simple. In real estate, it takes a six-month supply of existing salable inventory to maintain pricing stability. In most housing markets, anything less than six months will cause home values to appreciate and anything greater than seven months will cause prices to depreciate\u00a0<em>(see chart below).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04155925\/20181022-STM-ENG1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38252\" src=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04155925\/20181022-STM-ENG1.jpeg\" alt=\"Will Home Prices Continue to Increase? | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04155925\/20181022-STM-ENG1.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04155925\/20181022-STM-ENG1-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04155925\/20181022-STM-ENG1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nar.realtor\/newsroom\/existing-home-sales-remain-flat-nationally-mixed-results-regionally\">Existing Home Sales Report<\/a><\/em> from the\u00a0<em>National Association of Realtors<\/em>\u00a0(NAR), the monthly inventory of homes for sale has been below six months for the last five years\u00a0<em>(see chart below).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04155944\/20181022-STM-ENG2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-38253\" src=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04155944\/20181022-STM-ENG2.jpeg\" alt=\"Will Home Prices Continue to Increase? | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04155944\/20181022-STM-ENG2.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04155944\/20181022-STM-ENG2-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/files.simplifyingthemarket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/04155944\/20181022-STM-ENG2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bottom Line<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If buyer demand continues to outpace the current supply of existing homes for sale, prices will continue to appreciate. Nothing nefarious is taking place. It is simply the theory of supply &#038; demand working as it should.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many unsubstantiated theories about what is happening with home prices. From those who are worried that prices are falling (data shows this is untrue), to those who are concerned that prices are again approaching\u00a0boom\u00a0peaks because of\u00a0\u201cirrational exuberance\u201d\u00a0(this is <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/renwre.info\/?p=335\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Will Home Prices Continue to Increase?<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renwre.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}