The economists surveyed expect home prices to rise 2.3 percent this year over the fourth-quarter of 2011, according to the survey conducted on behalf of Zillow. In 2013, they expect prices to rise 4.7 percent; 8 percent in 2014; 11.4 percent in 2015; and 15.2 percent in 2016.
“This is further evidence that we’re seeing a true recovery in the housing market,” says Stan Humphries, Zillow’s chief economist. “Not since mid-2010—in the midst of the homebuyer tax credits—have we seen this group so bullish on housing. It’s refreshing to see this optimism at a time when the market seems to be making an organic recovery, in the absence of an artificial stimulant like the tax credits.”
Source: “Economists Bullish on Housing Recovery,” Inman News (Sept. 20, 2012)
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