Sacramento, CA


Market overview

 

Replace the national map below to map falling prices locally and protect homebuyers in overvalued housing markets (see maps of Boston and previous price corrections)

 

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What's happening in this local housing market? Help coauthor a quick summary here:

 

Sales trend:

 

Price trend:

 

Inventory:

 

Housing market forecasts:

 

PMI U.S. Market Risk Index: Summer 2006

Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA has a 58.5% chance of a decline in home prices over the next two years according to PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., one of 13 markets nationwide that "face a 50% or greater risk" of decline.

 

Current market conditions:

 

Global Insight / National City Crop. Valuation: 2006/Q1

$372,200 median sales price

53.6% overvalued

Classification: "Extremely overvalued"

Source: Overvalued Housing Market? Depends Where You Live

Where are prices falling in the current market?

 

Past housing price corrections:

Price decline: 17%

Duration: 5.75 years (23 quarters)

Period: 1991Q1-1996Q3

Overvaluation prior to price correction: 17%

Valuation peak: 1990Q3

US News & World Report: Housing bubble correction could be severe

Where did prices fall in the last price correction?

 

Local bubble blogs:

 

Sacramento Land(ing)

 

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