Will this be a self-fulfilling Boston real estate prophecy?
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Will this be a self-fulfilling Boston real estate prophecy?
Structural Scarcity and Buyer Behavior
- Psychological Bidding: The prevailing consumer sentiment that home prices will only rise forces first-time buyers into aggressive bidding wars.
- Low Supply Lock-In: Single-family homes sit at a razor-thin 1.8 months of available supply.
- Rising Core Value: Median single-family home prices reached approximately $800,000, gaining 5.1% year-over-year. [Bostonreb.com]
- Construction Stagnation: A push for restrictive rent control caps at 5% or less is popular among residents, but experts from the Boston Globe and Suffolk University warn that enacting it will inadvertently stifle new apartment construction.
- Entrenched Scarcity: This policy reaction to the affordability crisis creates a prophecy of its own by stopping the multi-family development needed to naturally bring prices down. [Bostonreb.com]
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Will this be a self-fulfilling Boston real estate prophecy?
The Google searches regarding when the next housing crash will hit are up 2,450%. WOW. Consumer confidence controls a lot of important stuff like the stock market and the economy overall. How about the housing market? Does this mean a slow down is around the corner? Will a lack of consumer confidence coupled with other factors like rising interest rates and tightening guidelines finally cool off this blazing-hot housing market? Let us know your Boston real estate thoughts.
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