[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f3gg2rpv6iha00":3,"$ffeh0925h8cuz":47,"$f2emv3tus0uf1":51,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":55},{"item":4,"previous":35,"next":41},{"id":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"description":8,"excerpt":9,"contentType":10,"featuredImage":11,"bannerImage":9,"body":12,"agentsBottomLine":13,"bodyImage":14,"isInfographic":15,"categories":16,"isVideo":15,"videoThumbnail":9,"videoSource":9,"publishedAt":33,"updatedAt":34},813,"is-the-current-pace-of-home-sales-maintainable","Is the Current Pace of Home Sales Maintainable?","There are some experts questioning whether the current pace of residential home sales is maintainable. Are too many people buying homes like in 2004-2006? Are we headed for another housing crisis? Actually, if we look closely at the numbers, we can see that we are looking at a very healthy real estate market.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Fsimplifyingmedia\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F04\u002F18114555\u002F20170501-Share-STM.jpg","There are some experts questioning whether the current pace of residential home sales is maintainable. Are too many people buying homes like in 2004-2006? Are we headed for another housing crisis? Actually, if we look closely at the numbers, we can see that we are looking at a very healthy real estate market.\u003C!--more-->\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>Why the concern?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\r\nSome are looking at the last four years of home sales and comparing them to the three years just prior to the housing bubble. Looking at the graph below, we can understand that thinking.\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F05\u002F20150501-STM-ENG1.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-35469\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F05\u002F20150501-STM-ENG1.jpg\" alt=\"Is the Current Pace of Home Sales Maintainable? | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\nHowever, if we go further back in history, we can see the real picture. After taking out the “boom & bust” years, the pace of sales is growing at quite a natural pace.\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F05\u002F20150501-STM-ENG2.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-35470\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F05\u002F20150501-STM-ENG2.jpg\" alt=\"Is the Current Pace of Home Sales Maintainable? | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\nAnd new home sales are way below historic numbers. \u003Cem>Dave Liniger, Re\u002FMax CEO\u003C\u002Fem> \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.inman.com\u002F2017\u002F04\u002F15\u002Freal-estate-market-recap-april-10-14-2017\u002F\">explains\u003C\u002Fa>:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“We expect a seasonal uptick in sales this time of year and March certainly met and somewhat exceeded that expectation. We don’t anticipate the tightening inventory to ease up in most markets until new home construction can catch up to its pre-recession pace. 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