Shortly after I published my last post on the Zillow-Pulsenomics 4th Quarter National Home Price Expectations Survey I received some additional information from them which I found interesting. First, they note that we are currently in a seller’s market with low inventory and the average home search taking 4.2 months. However, their panel of real estate experts sees the real estate market shifting from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market over the next few years. The graph below (you can click on it for a larger view) shows the breakdown of respondents’ answers to the question of when they expect the market to shift back to a buyer’s market. Note that the bulk of the respondents expect this shift to occur within the next 2 years, which is not too unusual since we really can’t stay in a seller’s market forever.
The respondents were also asked “Looking ahead to 2017, in terms of home value appreciation, which five metro areas do you think are most likely to outperform the national average rate? Which five do you think are most likely to underperform the national average rate?” The Pulsenomics folks then calculated a net performance score for each city listed equal to the number of outperformance mentions minus the number of underperformance mentions – i.e. a higher score means a greater likelihood of outperforming the national average appreciation. The rankings based upon that calculation are shown in the graphic below. Notice that Chicago is in 13th place out of 18 metro areas.
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