Market Reports
Home values slipped 0.2% in December, a repeat of November’s modest decline, leaving the typical home value at $356,819, or 0.7% below the peak set in June, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
Rents slide for third month in a row to close out 2022 (December 2022 Rental Report)
Asking rents fell 0.3% from November to December, another large decline following the largest one-month drop in the seven-year history of the Zillow Observed Rent Index.
Home Price Declines Resumed in November As Buyers Await Better Deals (November 2022 Market Report)
Home values slipped 0.2% in November, resuming a slow decline that began this summer.
Rents Slide by Largest Amount in at Least 7 Years (November 2022 Rental Report)
Asking rents declined 0.4% from October to November, the largest one-month decline in the seven-year history of the Zillow Observed Rent Index. November is usually the slowest month for rent increases, but outright declines had not exceeded 0.1% in this time of the year before the pandemic.
The typical U.S. home value fell slightly from October to November (-0.2%), as high interest rates further discouraged home buyers.
Home values inched up 0.1% in October, as tight inventory kept pricing surprisingly resilient. Still, this flicker of demand strength might be a belated response to the late-summer drop in mortgage rates, to an average of 5.22% in August on a 30-year fixed loan, which gave some buyers a reason to jump off the fence and buy then.
The typical U.S. home value was nearly flat from September to October (+0.1%), as buyers and sellers potentially settled on a new market equilibrium.
Home values flatlined in September, ending a 2-month slide in which they fell 0.4% from a peak of $359,719 in June. The reprieve in home price declines may be thanks to a late-summer drop in mortgage rates, to an average of 5.22% in August on a 30-year fixed loan, which gave some buyers a reason to jump off the fence and buy then. Due to the elapsed time of multiple weeks between home purchase offers being made and the transactions closing, August’s more favorable lending conditions likely affected closed sale prices in September. Unfortunately for buyers, rates have risen dramatically since August, and reached a new 20-year high of 6.92% in mid-October, promising a further market cooldown ahead.
