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They may be overvalued but don't see how they could fall without forced sales. At start of pandemic borrowers got mortgage repayment holidays in Australia - so
by asta123 4y ago
They may be overvalued but don't see how they could fall without forced sales. At start of pandemic borrowers got mortgage repayment holidays in Australia - so didn't have to sell if you got into financial trouble. Yesterday one of major bank bosses telling borrowers to call the bank if rising interest rates and cost of living getting people into difficulty. Somehow they will work it out whatever that means.
- _uy6i 4y agoPrice formation is complicated - think about the fact 5-6m home sales a year, at the price for 80-90m homes, if the composition of those buyers and sellers changes, that changes the “implied” price for everyone
- throw123123123 4y agoHousing definitely is sticker than stocks - but that is a sleigh of hand. Buyers unwilling to lower prices are taking themselves off the market, not sustaining the market price. Volume would go down, and whatever is sold will be done at a much lower market price. Argentina had a RE bubble in 2017, and property prices dropped 40% since. It has happened, it is happening, and it will happen again.