Friday, September 30, 2011

Market reports point to housing desolation

Moody's Investors Service lowered its near-term outlook for housing and the broader economy this week. Home sales and starts are now hitting a bottom, while home prices will continue to sink until early 2012, said Celia Chen, senior director at Moody's Analytics in a research note.
"As 2011 began, the recovery appeared healthy and ready to turn into a self-sustaining expansion. Job growth was strong, unemployment was falling, and income and consumer spending were accelerating," Chen said. "Today, the economy is struggling to avoid another recession."
And look at this little nugget.
Of the bankers surveyed by analysts at the consumer credit firm FICO and the Professional Risk Managers International Association more than half do not expect home prices to climb back to 2007 levels before 2020.
"Have we finally hit rock bottom? That’s hard to say, but according to our survey, it’ll be quite some time before prices fully recover. The fact is that the market needs help to clear the backlog of distressed properties," researchers said. "We are in no man’s land right now."
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