[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fc06f8g2pa1x5":3,"$ffeh0925h8cuz":46,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":50},{"item":4,"previous":34,"next":40},{"id":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"description":8,"excerpt":9,"contentType":10,"featuredImage":11,"bannerImage":9,"body":12,"agentsBottomLine":13,"bodyImage":9,"isInfographic":14,"categories":15,"isVideo":14,"videoThumbnail":9,"videoSource":9,"publishedAt":32,"updatedAt":33},1059,"us-housing-market-still-in-buy-territory","US Housing Market Still In ‘Buy Territory’!","According to the \u003Cem>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbusiness.fau.edu\u002Fdepartments\u002Ffinance\u002Freal-estate-initiative\u002Fbhj-buy-vs-rent-index\u002Fbhj-summary\u002F\">Beracha, Hardin & Johnson Buy vs. Rent (BH&J) Index\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fem>, the U.S. housing market has continued to move deeper into buy territory, supporting the belief that housing markets across the country remain a sound investment.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F03\u002F20172546\u002F20180409-Share-STM.jpg","According to the \u003Cem>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbusiness.fau.edu\u002Fdepartments\u002Ffinance\u002Freal-estate-initiative\u002Fbhj-buy-vs-rent-index\u002Fbhj-summary\u002F\">Beracha, Hardin & Johnson Buy vs. Rent (BH&J) Index\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fem>, the U.S. housing market has continued to move deeper into buy territory, supporting the belief that housing markets across the country remain a sound investment.\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe \u003Cem>BH&J Inde\u003C\u002Fem>x is a quarterly report that attempts to answer the question:\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>In today’s housing market, is it better to rent or buy a home?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\r\nThe index examines the entire US housing market and then isolates 23 major cities for comparison. The researchers \u003Cem>“measure the relationship between purchasing property and building wealth through a buildup in equity versus renting a comparable property and investing in a portfolio of stocks and bonds.” \u003C\u002Fem>\r\n\r\nWhile 13 of the 23 metropolitan markets examined moved further into buy territory, markets like Dallas, Denver, and Houston are currently deep into rent territory. Due to a lack of inventory, the home prices in these areas have increased by \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.dallasnews.com\u002Fbusiness\u002Freal-estate\u002F2018\u002F03\u002F06\u002Fdallas-area-home-prices-67-percent-january\">6.7%\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cpr.org\u002Fnews\u002Fstory\u002Fdenver-home-prices-are-still-climbing-the-good-news-price-growth-is-slowing\">6.3%\u003C\u002Fa>, and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.houstonchronicle.com\u002Fbusiness\u002Freal-estate\u002Farticle\u002FInventory-tightens-ahead-of-busy-Spring-12755913.php\">5.3%\u003C\u002Fa>  respectively from a year ago.\r\n\r\nAccording to Eli Beracha, \u003Cem>Ph.D., Co-Creator\u003C\u002Fem> of the index, home prices will begin to return to more normal levels.\r\n\u003Cblockquote>“\u003Cem>Our data indicates that prices are above their 40-year trend but not significantly so as they were in 2007. Rather than a crash, I anticipate slower growth in prices accompanied by longer marketing times for sellers and increasing inventories, which should bring prices back in conjunction with their 40-year trend\u003C\u002Fem>.”\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cstrong>Bottom Line\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\nThe majority of the country is strongly in buy territory. Buying a home makes sense socially and financially, as rents are predicted to increase substantially in the next year. Protect yourself from \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F19\u002Frents-are-on-the-rise-dont-get-caught-in-the-rental-trap\u002F\">rising rents\u003C\u002Fa> by locking in your housing cost with a mortgage payment now.\u003Cstrong> \u003C\u002Fstrong>\r\n\r\n\u003Cstrong>To Find Out More About the Study: \u003C\u002Fstrong>The BH&J Index and other FAU real estate activities are sponsored by Investments Limited of Boca Raton. The BH&J Index is published quarterly and is available online at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fbusiness.fau.edu\u002Fbuyvsrent\">http:\u002F\u002Fbusiness.fau.edu\u002Fbuyvsrent\u003C\u002Fa>.","\r\nThe majority of the country is strongly in buy territory. Buying a home makes sense socially and financially, as rents are predicted to increase substantially in the next year. Protect yourself from \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F19\u002Frents-are-on-the-rise-dont-get-caught-in-the-rental-trap\u002F\">rising rents\u003C\u002Fa> by locking in your housing cost with a mortgage payment now.\u003Cstrong> \u003C\u002Fstrong>\r\n\r\n\u003Cstrong>To Find Out More About the Study: \u003C\u002Fstrong>The BH&J Index and other FAU real estate activities are sponsored by Investments Limited of Boca Raton. 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