Housing Sentiment in 2015 have seen an increase from a few contributing factors, including strengthening employment and consumer optimism according to Fannie Mae’s February Housing Survey. Respondents who believe that the economy is heading in the right direction rose 3 percentage points last month, which is an all – time surveu high at 47%. In addition those believing it is easier to get a home mortgage today increased to a record high of 54%. “We continue to see strength in attitudes about the current home buying and selling enviornment anf consistently high shares of consumers saying they expect to buy a home on their next move.” says Doug Duncan, Senior VP & Chief Economist at Fannie Mae.
Here are some additional statistics generated by the survey:
– The average 12 – month home price change expectation remained at 2.25%.
– The average 12 – month rental price change expectation increased to 4.0%
– A survey high revealed that respondents believing that it will be easier to obtain a home mortgage today settled at 54%.
– The shares of respondents who say the economy is on the right track increased by 3 percentage points to a level of 47%, which is an all – time high for the survey. Couple those results with the fact that respondents who believed the economy was headed in a negative direction fell to an all – time low 45%.
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