The credit crunch and the great depression of 2007 has played a negative role in the US real estate market. The housing market is still on its way to recovery from the recession.
Effect of recession in real estate market
From the very past the US real estate market has played a very important role in giving a shape to the usage of urban land. According to the principles adopted, it gave the owners the opportunity to earn maximum value for his land.
But the recession of 2007 has led to unemployment, and as a result, the demand for house has lessened and new constructions have also become very few in number. Though many first time home buyers are there in the market, but, the fewer number of sellers could not meet the buyer's demand. As a result, the profit decreased, price of inventories increased, sales went down and the US real estate market has faced an incredible number of foreclosures. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the number of homes that received foreclosure notices in 2009 is 3 million.
Recent situation in the real estate market
To make up for the loss, the government has introduced option ARM, by which the home buyers can choose how much they want to pay each month during the 'start period' of the loan. They have the choice of paying from the following options:
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