source: https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2024/02/whats-the-bear-case-for-housing-prices/
The housing market wasn’t supposed to remain this strong.
People were forecasting for a 20% drop in housing prices in 2022.
It made sense at the time. Everyone was predicting a recession. Prices had shot up 50% in three years. The Fed was jacking up interest rates. Mortgage rates went vertical.
And all we got was a wimpy 2-3% dip in prices.
I cannot predict the future but it’s hard to come up with a bearish th...