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Signs of a Housing Comeback
Local housing expert Dr. Kevin Gillen, Vice President of Econsult Corporation has a snapshot of current market conditions from NBC 10.
- 5-10 years for serious recovery.
- Probably won’t lose much more on prices. 3-5% decline. Varies on neighborhood.
- Housing Sector problems are national in nature, employment and credit need to be fixed.
- Local initiatives going on now are reassessed values which currently have a very loose relationship with actual underline property values.
- Transfer tax holiday to provide incentive for people to buy?
- Why rescue someone under water? Because of spillover in housing market.
- 40% of mortgages financed by Fannie and Freddie, when they tighten up, everyone is affected.
- Seeing a little bit of easing on credit but conditions are still tight!
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