Thursday, Feb 14, 2008
Realtors say prices fell faster and in more places over last part of 2007
CNN Money: Home prices in steepest quarterly drop
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Home prices continued their plunge during the last three months of 2007, setting a real estate trade group's record for the biggest-ever quarterly drop. .
The national median price drop of 5.8%, to $206,200 from $219,300, was the steepest ever recorded by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), which has been compiling the report since 1979.
NAR officials blamed the liquidity squeeze that began last summer for much of the drop. Home buyers had trouble obtaining mortgage financing, especially for more expensive properties.
Fewer expensive homes were sold, bringing down median prices.
"California, south Florida, D.C., many of the high-cost markets are reflecting that," said Walter Molony, a spokesman for NAR.
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1. new user 2007 said...
"NAR officials blamed the liquidity squeeze that began last summer for much of the drop. Home buyers had trouble obtaining mortgage financing, especially for more expensive properties."
So even in the US the estate agents are not saying there has been a decline in demand, it is merely a liquidity squeeze (just as ours are saying).
I am hoping the US view is true and plays out the same way then, because look what is happening to prices there when it is just a liquidity squeeze:)