NAR Economic Forecast

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January 8, 2006

The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) recently published their forecast for 2006. A record real estate market? No. A melt down? No. "The real estate boon is showing signs of slowing" but, "what we are calling a slowdown is really a stellar market by any measure." They are saying because the US economy remains strong, we will have another strong market for real estate. Here are their forecasts:
National
Averages
Inflation
Rate
GDP Jobless
Rate
30 YR
Fixed Rate
Appreciation
Rate
Existing
Home Sales
New
Home Sales
2004 2.7%4.2%5.5%5.9% 9.3%6.8M1.2M
2005*3.4%3.5%5.1%5.9% 12.4%7.1M1.3M
2006**2.7%3.8%5.0%6.5% 5.3%6.9M1.2M
*Estimated **Projected
In our local market, we might fair better than most See More Real Estate Market Data. We remain cautiously optimistic.

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