In the third quarter, prices for single-family homes rose in 81 percent of U.S. cities (120 of 149 metropolitan areas) from a year earlier, reported the National Association of Realtors, as the residential market extends a recovery from the worst crash since the Great Depression. In the second quarter of this year, 110 metro areas had gains, chronicling the uptrend.
The beneficial economic tie of this supply-demand turn: rising home values signals mortgage funding is flowing and consumer confidence is climbing. These lead to retail sales growing and manufacturing demand increasing.
This trend’s timely, as those of us in the supply chain biz realize the need for more product moving to market, and inventories cycling at optimal rates. Robust consumer demand will do wonders to manifest this for us.
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