With closings slowing, prices rising, new builds far behind schedule and an absorption rate under 3 months(I think its more like 6 weeks) we are going to see a shift soon. With median values rising at over 10% I think we are going to continue to see a fairly steady inflow of sellers and buyers for another 12 months tops and then a radical shift into rentals. Buying is becoming more and more unattainable for the under 30's crowd. If we take the median family income of just shy of $69k and median home values rising, our housing affordability index is dropping. We begin to see families utilizing a higher percentage of their income to buy homes which is odd considering we are lending at lower rates and P & I rising. We are going to see a plateau this time next year and by 2nd quarter 2018, we better have piles of cash ready to buy. I may be a mile off, but the air stinks and the public is getting a whiff of it.
Moral of story....FLIP....FLIP...FLIP some more(to build the bank account)and then BUY, BUY, BUY, HOLD