Sellers Have an Opportunity with Today’s Home Prices

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<p><img alt="Sellers Have an Opportunity with Today's Home Prices | Simplifying The Market" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" decoding="async" link_thumbnail="" loading="lazy" sizes="auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px" src="https://files.simplifyingthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/24094536/20220524-KCM-Share0-549×300.jpg" srcset="https://files.simplifyingthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/24094536/20220524-KCM-Share0-549×300.jpg 549w, https://files.simplifyingthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/24094536/20220524-KCM-Share0.jpg 750w" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" width="358"/></p>
<p>As <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2022/04/20/how-to-approach-rising-mortgage-rates-as-a-buyer/?a=712984-fa409495d5d70154d03a25e81e9540e2">mortgage rates</a> started to rise this year, many homeowners began to wonder if the value of their homes would fall. Here’s the good news. Historically, when mortgage rates rise by a percentage point or more, home values continue to <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2022/03/24/what-you-can-expect-from-the-spring-housing-market/?a=712984-fa409495d5d70154d03a25e81e9540e2">appreciate</a>. The latest data on home prices seems to confirm that trend.<span id="more-46523"></span></p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.corelogic.com/intelligence/u-s-home-price-insights/">data</a> from <em>CoreLogic</em>, home price appreciation has been re-accelerating since November. The graph below shows this increase in home price appreciation in green:</p>
<p><a href="https://files.simplifyingthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/18135519/20220524-MEM-Eng.png"><img alt="Sellers Have an Opportunity as Home Prices Re-Accelerate | Simplifying The Market" class="aligncenter wp-image-46525" decoding="async" height="488" loading="lazy" sizes="auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px" src="https://files.simplifyingthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/18135519/20220524-MEM-Eng.png" srcset="https://files.simplifyingthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/18135519/20220524-MEM-Eng.png 960w, https://files.simplifyingthemarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/18135519/20220524-MEM-Eng-400×300.png 400w" width="650"/></a>This is largely due to an ongoing imbalance in <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2022/04/14/on-the-fence-of-whether-or-not-to-move-this-spring-consider-this/?a=712984-fa409495d5d70154d03a25e81e9540e2">supply and demand</a>. Specifically, <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2022/04/28/what-you-need-to-know-about-selling-in-a-sellers-market/?a=712984-fa409495d5d70154d03a25e81e9540e2">housing supply</a> is still low, and demand is high. As mortgage rates started to rise this year, many homebuyers rushed to make their purchases before those rates could climb higher. The increased competition drove home prices up even more. Selma Hepp, Deputy Chief Economist at <em>CoreLogic</em>, <a href="https://www.corelogic.com/intelligence/us-sp-corelogic-case-shiller-index-registers-new-high-up-19-8-in-february/">explains</a>:</p>
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<p><strong><em>“Home price growth continued to gain speed in early spring, as eager buyers tried to get in front of the mortgage rate surge.”</em></strong></p>
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<p>And experts say prices are <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2022/05/10/will-home-prices-fall-this-year-heres-what-experts-say/?a=712984-fa409495d5d70154d03a25e81e9540e2">forecast</a> to continue appreciating, just at a more moderate pace moving forward. A recent article from <em>Fortune</em> <a href="https://fortune.com/2022/04/27/how-likely-home-prices-decline-in-every-major-housing-market-corelogic/amp/">says</a>:</p>
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<p>“. . . <em>the swift move up in mortgage rates . . . doesn’t mean home prices are about to crash. <strong>In fact, every major real estate firm with a publicly released forecast model . . . still predicts home prices will climb further this year</strong>.”</em></p>
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<h4><strong>What This Means for You</strong></h4>
<p>If you’re thinking about <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2022/05/04/your-house-could-be-closer-to-list-ready-than-you-think/?a=712984-fa409495d5d70154d03a25e81e9540e2">selling your house</a>, you should know you have a great opportunity to list your home and capitalize on today’s <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2022/05/02/todays-home-price-appreciation-is-great-news-for-existing-homeowners/?a=712984-fa409495d5d70154d03a25e81e9540e2">home price appreciation</a>. As prices rise, so does the value of your home, which gives your <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2022/04/08/do-you-know-how-much-equity-you-have-in-your-home-infographic/?a=712984-fa409495d5d70154d03a25e81e9540e2">equity</a> a big boost.</p>
<p>When you <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2022/04/29/give-your-curb-appeal-a-boost-before-you-sell-infographic/?a=712984-fa409495d5d70154d03a25e81e9540e2">sell</a>, you can use that <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2022/03/21/the-average-homeowner-gained-more-than-55k-in-equity-over-the-past-year/?a=712984-fa409495d5d70154d03a25e81e9540e2">equity</a> toward the purchase of your next home. And at today’s record-level of appreciation, that equity may be enough to cover some (if not all) of your <a href="https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/2021/12/22/the-perks-of-putting-20-down-on-a-home/?a=712984-fa409495d5d70154d03a25e81e9540e2">down payment</a>.</p>
<h3><strong>Bottom Line</strong></h3>
<p>History shows rising mortgage rates have not had a negative impact on home prices. Now is still a great time to sell your house thanks to ongoing price appreciation. When you’re ready to find out how much equity you have in your current home and what’s happening with home prices in your local area, let’s connect.</p>
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