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SD Squatter
11 years ago

Just how low can the active
Just how low can the active inventory go? If the trend continues, we will be looking at about 1000 actives this time next year.

ctr70
11 years ago
Reply to  SD Squatter

I don’t see anything in sight
I don’t see anything in sight that can add inventory any time soon. The whole “next wave” of REO foreclosures that was always “just around the corner” was a urban myth that never happened and won’t. Most who are going to short sale have already had ample chance to list their property. Normal equity sellers still don’t have enough equity en masse to flood the market. And builders haven’t built anything for 5 years and can’t ramp up very quickly in California to add inventory. It takes a long time to develop & build a subdivision of new homes to sell.

In addition, I think the demand side is going to be very solid in 2013. You have a lot of “boomerang buyers” who had foreclosures and short sales 3+ years ago re-entering the market as buyers adding to demand. Plus all the Wall Street REIT crowd. Plus new household formations.

So where is the inventory going to come from in 2013???? Answer is it isn’t. I think we see a healthy price rise again in 2013 with low rates, low inventory and healthy buyer demand. This after a very healthy price rise in 2012. SD median prices will probably have risen 14% at least in 2012 once the final numbers are tallied. They will probably rise that much once again in 2013.

Jazzman
11 years ago
Reply to  ctr70

“post-crash highs during the
“post-crash highs during the 2010 stimulus-fest”. So are buyers being brought forward again, and what happens when this new stim-fest ends? Prices may climb into 2013, but when/if inventory levels and rates revert to norm, prices will decline again (2014/15). Stands to reason, no?

zk
zk
11 years ago
Reply to  Jazzman

Jazzman wrote:”post-crash
[quote=Jazzman]”post-crash highs during the 2010 stimulus-fest”. So are buyers being brought forward again, and what happens when this new stim-fest ends? Prices may climb into 2013, but when/if inventory levels and rates revert to norm, prices will decline again (2014/15). Stands to reason, no?[/quote]

The stimulus he’s referring to (I’m pretty sure) isn’t Fed-type stimulus, but rather tax-credit type rebates. In ’10 you could get 10k in tax credits for certain house purchases. I don’t know about other areas, but in Carmel Valley, this pushed up the price of your average $1M home by about 30k or more. After it was over, they went right back down that same 30k. Ridiculous. Anyway, I don’t think there are any of those kinds of stimulus right now, and I don’t foresee any.

Anonymous
Anonymous
11 years ago

Jazzman,What you told I am
Jazzman,What you told I am satisfied with it.