Eye On Housing
The second quarter of 2023 release of the Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States indicates that the market value of households’ real estate assets increased over the quarter. Low existing for-sale inventory helped to increase real estate value after falling for three consecutive quarters. The level of households’ real estate assets increased by $2.43 trillion from $42.07 trillion in… Read More ›
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Households’ Real Estate Asset Value Falls for Third Consecutive Quarter
The first quarter of 2023 release of the Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States shows for a third consecutive quarter the value of households’ real estate assets contracted. The combination of economic uncertainty and declining home prices has played a role over the past year in decreasing the value of households’ real estate assets. The level of households’ real… Read More ›
Households’ Real Estate Asset Value Falls for First Time Since 2012
The most recent release of the Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States shows a decrease in the value of households’ real estate assets over the fourth quarter of 2022. As home prices begin to decrease from pandemic highs, households’ real estate asset value fell for the first time since the first quarter of 2012. The level of households’ real… Read More ›
Households’ Real Estate Asset Growth Continues to Slow in Q3
The most recent release of the Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States shows a sharp slowdown in the quarter-over-quarter growth of households’ real estate assets. After six consecutive quarters of above 3 percent growth quarter-over-quarter, the third quarter of 2022 saw a 1.74% increase in households’ real estate asset value. The level of households’ real estate assets increased by… Read More ›
Growth of Household Real Estate Market Value Slows in Q2
The latest results from the Federal Reserve’s Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States, i.e., the Flow of Funds, show that in the second quarter of 2022, growth of the market value of all owner-occupied real estate in the United States slowed after showed the largest year-over-year percentage gain since 2001 the prior quarter. The market value of owner-occupied real… Read More ›
Household Balance Sheets in the First Quarter
The latest results from the Federal Reserve’s Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States, i.e., the Flow of Funds, show that in the first quarter of 2022, the aggregate market value of all owner-occupied real estate in the United States showed the largest year-over-year percentage gain since 2001. Owners’ equity as a percentage of households’ real estate was the highest… Read More ›
Household Balance Sheets: Q3 2020
The Federal Reserve’s latest release of the Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States shows the flows into and out of households and non-profit organizations as of the third quarter of 2020. As of the third quarter of 2020, the market value of all real estate assets held by households stood at $31.2 trillion. On the other side of the… Read More ›
Real Estate’s Market Value Shows Minimal Growth in Q2 2019
The recently released Federal Reserve’s Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States report (formerly known as the Flow of Funds report) shows the latest transactions in households’ balance sheets as they occurred in the second quarter of 2019. The growth in the market values of homes in the U.S. grew less proportionately to the growth in mortgages taken on them… Read More ›
Increase in Housing Wealth
Home owners’ equity in real estate improved as home prices continue to increase and mortgage debt expands slowly. Previous analysis of household balance sheets from the 2016 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) indicated that the primary residence was the largest asset category on the balance sheets of households in 2016 and it accounted for about one quarter of all assets… Read More ›
Deleveraging Continues: Household Balance Sheets Improved at the End of 2011
NAHB has been tracking two key economic variables that are critical for a robust and sustainable rebound in housing and the economy as a whole: the ratio of household net worth to disposable income (NW/DPI) and the personal savings rate. The NW/DPI ratio can be thought of as a measure of the health of household balance sheets. It tells us… Read More ›