Mortgage Industry News
« Return to Mortgage Industry News
Low Rates, COVID are Motivating Prospective Home Buyers
Thursday, February 11, 2021
A
high percentage of those who told the National Association of Home Builders
(NAHB) late last year that they were thinking of buying a home have now turned
thought into action. Rose Quint writes in the NAHB Eye on Housing blog
that 15 percent of those queried in its 4th Quarter 2020 Housing
Trends survey said they were considering a purchase and now 56 percent of them
are actively looking. A year ago, only 43 percent of those considering buying
had shifted into gear. Quint
says this is the fourth consecutive year-over-year
rise in the share of prospective buyers who have become active buyers. She identified
several possible reasons for the most recent uptick; fear of missing out on low
interest rates, a need for more space due to COVID-19, and a desire to move to
outlying suburbs.
Read Full Article