[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f1p0yq4qyiuq5e":3,"$f2emv3tus0uf1":43,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":47},{"item":4,"previous":31,"next":37},{"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":29,"updatedAt":30},1171,"home-prices-have-appreciated-6-9-in-2018","Home Prices Have Appreciated 6.9% in 2018","Between 1987 and 1999, which is often referred to as the ‘Pre-Bubble Period,’ home prices grew at an average of 3.6% according to the \u003Cem>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpulsenomics.com\u002FHome-Price-Expectations.php\">Home Price Expectation Survey\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>.\u003C\u002Fem>","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002F10162706\u002F20180912-Share-STM.jpg","Between 1987 and 1999, which is often referred to as the ‘Pre-Bubble Period,’ home prices grew at an average of 3.6% according to the \u003Cem>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpulsenomics.com\u002FHome-Price-Expectations.php\">Home Price Expectation Survey\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nEvery month, the economists at \u003Cem>CoreLogic\u003C\u002Fem> release the results of their \u003Cem>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.corelogic.com\u002Finsights-download\u002Fcorelogic-home-price-insights.aspx\">Home Price Insights Report\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>,\u003C\u002Fem> which includes the actual year-over-year change in prices across the country and their predictions for the following year.\r\n\r\nThe chart below shows the forecasted year-over-year prices for 2018 (predictions made in 2017). According to their predictions, the average appreciation over the course of 2018 should be 4.8%, which is still greater than the ‘normal’ appreciation of 3.6%.\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002F20180912-STM-ENG1.jpeg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-38093\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002F20180912-STM-ENG1.jpeg\" alt=\"Home Prices Have Appreciated 6.9% in 2018 | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\nIf we layer in the actual price appreciation that has occurred this year, we can see that over the course of 2018, home prices have appreciated by an average of 6.9% and have outpaced projections all year!\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002F20180912-STM-ENG2.jpeg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-38094\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F09\u002F20180912-STM-ENG2.jpeg\" alt=\"Home Prices Have Appreciated 6.9% in 2018 | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\u003Ch4>\u003Cstrong>What does this mean?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh4>\r\nThe tale of today’s real estate market is one of low inventory, high demand, and rising prices. The forces at work can be simply explained with the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2018\u002F09\u002F11\u002Fnar-reports-show-its-a-great-time-to-sell\u002F\">theory of supply and demand\u003C\u002Fa>. 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