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Old 07-17-2016, 12:33 AM
 
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Obviously it's not the last generation. But the demographic and economic trend suggest the z guys will be a generation in worse economic conditions than the millenials of today. Low wages and student debt loads will continue, so housing affordability is an issue. Spending will continue to be dominated by older folks.
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Old 07-17-2016, 02:08 AM
 
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Obviously it's not the last generation. But the demographic and economic trend suggest the z guys will be a generation in worse economic conditions than the millenials of today. Low wages and student debt loads will continue, so housing affordability is an issue. Spending will continue to be dominated by older folks.
This is an interesting debate. I see all the construction in Uptown and wonder where future demand will come from. A lot of Generation Y/Millennials are having to double up and live in 2 bedroom places to make it work financially to live in Uptown.

I believe that Generation Z (late 90s-2010) and Generation Alpha (2010s births) will be worse off than Generation Y, a generation that has already been worse off than the Baby Boomers and Generation X.
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Old 07-17-2016, 09:35 AM
 
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Look at the two and five year trends.
This is just the beginning. Eventually the price will drop 40%.
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Old 07-17-2016, 10:11 AM
 
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This is just the beginning. Eventually the price will drop 40%.
What makes you say that?
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Old 07-17-2016, 01:11 PM
 
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2017 will e a strong season for selling homes in the northern suburbs due to major relocation to legacy west. Salaries are up but nit like hone prices in 2917. So less in 2017 afterwards only God knows.
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Old 07-17-2016, 03:22 PM
 
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What makes you say that?
Housing prices shouldn't be higher than 2007 when everyone got loans easily. The current market is not healthy and will be corrected soon.
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Old 07-17-2016, 04:10 PM
 
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Housing prices shouldn't be higher than 2007 when everyone got loans easily. The current market is not healthy and will be corrected soon.
Have you tried to get a loan or refi lately? If you had, you would know that today's lending environment is completely different than 2007.

As I'Ve said before, DFW is fundamentally a different metro area than it was in 2007. An expectation that home prices should be flat to 2007 is wholly unrealistic.
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Old 07-17-2016, 05:24 PM
 
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Housing prices shouldn't be higher than 2007 when everyone got loans easily. The current market is not healthy and will be corrected soon.
1. According to whom?

2. Try that in a economics classroom. Just for grins cycle back through "real" home prices here in Dallas in the early 1980s relative to now and report back.
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Old 07-17-2016, 07:32 PM
 
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Housing prices shouldn't be higher than 2007 when everyone got loans easily. The current market is not healthy and will be corrected soon.
Also, consider that $1 in 2007 is worth $.86 today. So if home prices were still flat to 2007, they would actually be worth less.

DFW's home prices historically rise about 3% per year. The median sale price in 2007 was $146k. It's $210k as of May 2016. That's only an average of 4.8% per year increase since 2007, not even 2X the historical rate of appreciation. You also have to remember that home prices did not fall as far as they did in other parts of the country because Texas has stricter lending laws as a result of the real estate bust in the 1980's.

Even without taking into account the massive explosion of jobs and relocations to DFW in the past 9 years, ab average of 4.8% growth per year in an ascending market is hardly worth setting off alarms.
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Old 07-18-2016, 01:10 AM
 
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Also, consider that $1 in 2007 is worth $.86 today. So if home prices were still flat to 2007, they would actually be worth less.

DFW's home prices historically rise about 3% per year. The median sale price in 2007 was $146k. It's $210k as of May 2016. That's only an average of 4.8% per year increase since 2007, not even 2X the historical rate of appreciation. You also have to remember that home prices did not fall as far as they did in other parts of the country because Texas has stricter lending laws as a result of the real estate bust in the 1980's.

Even without taking into account the massive explosion of jobs and relocations to DFW in the past 9 years, ab average of 4.8% growth per year in an ascending market is hardly worth setting off alarms.
Housing price peaked in 2007. If your number is correct, $146k in 2007 would be $167k in 2016. It's way less than current $210k. Keep it in mind, in 2007, even a stripper can buy several houses with several loans. It doesn't make any sense that current housing price is way higher than last peak.
Yes, there are some jobs moving here but RadioShake is bankrupted, JCP will be the next. Oil companies are not doing good either.
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