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Home prices increased significantly during the pandemic, and markets in the Mountain West saw some of the country's biggest hikes. But now, some cities in the region might see those prices come back to earth.
Real estate analytics company CoreLogic recently in the U.S. over the last year. It shows that, between August 2021 and August 2022, prices jumped between 15 and 20% in Nevada and Arizona, while the rest of the Mountain West saw increases more in line with the national average of 13.5%.
But that 13.5% is actually the lowest year-over-year appreciation rate since April 2021, indicating a cooldown. CoreLogic sees the Boise and Reno markets as having among the highest chances of price declines over the next year.
Many would welcome a cooldown as an affordability crisis grips much of the region, and while it may help homebuyers generally, for those who need a mortgage, there are other hurdles to overcome.
鈥淚n the last few months, the Fed has been raising interest rates,鈥� said Megan Lawson, an economist with Headwaters Economics. 鈥淎nd that's slowing down new home purchases because borrowing costs are just more expensive now.鈥�
She predicts the housing market will slow down in the Mountain West, but not dramatically.
鈥淚 think that's in large part because of the strength of our economy, the high quality of life in the communities, and the fact that there's such pent-up demand for housing,鈥� Lawson said.
Lawson also emphasized that although prices may decline somewhat, these prices are historically higher than ever before.
鈥淭hey're just not increasing at these really eye-popping rates that were catching all the headlines for a while,鈥� she said.
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