The Housing Market Is Showing Signs of a Reversal

The housing market is slowly getting healthier – which could mean good things are coming in the future... [Stansberry Research Logo] Delivering World-Class Financial Research Since 1999 [DailyWealth] The Housing Market Is Showing Signs of a Reversal By Brett Eversole --------------------------------------------------------------- There haven't been many times in my career that the consensus was so clearly dead wrong... When you find a contrarian opportunity, you'll usually feel some doubt. After all, you're betting against what most investors expect. It's never a sure thing that you're right and the market is wrong. But when it came to the U.S. housing market, the opportunity was obvious. Everyone thought higher mortgage rates would crash the housing market. But I saw the exact opposite... Rising rates and falling affordability were irrelevant. Instead, we had a systemic undersupply of homes. And that meant prices couldn't crash. This was the contrarian view over the past few years... And it turned out to be correct. That didn't mean the housing market was healthy, though. Except for prices, the state of U.S. housing was a mess in every way. But now, some of those deeper issues may be improving. And that means we'll likely see more good news for housing in the coming years. --------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended Links: [A Former Goldman Sachs Trader Reveals the Secret to Adding an Extra $21,000 (or More) to Your Income Every Year]( "This is hands down my favorite income strategy and the single most valuable moneymaking secret I discovered during my decade working on Wall Street," says Dr. David Eifrig. He reveals the powerful "instant-cash secret" behind a strategy that's currently on a 208-trade win streak... 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And while they pulled back slightly in March, that was one of the largest one-month jumps on record. Take a look... This move was significant. Existing-home sales collapsed over the past few years... And the lack of inventory kept prices propped up. Now, though, sales are finding a bottom. That's a promising sign for the market's health. A 9.5% jump in just a month is rare, too. We've only seen three other rallies that large... December 2015, June 2020, and July 2020. And those were darn good moments for the housing market. This surge was possible for an important reason: The supply story is finally changing... Slowly but surely, housing inventory is beginning to recover. You can see it in the chart below... The worst time for housing inventory was in early 2022. Fewer than 1 million homes were up for sale back then. We haven't seen a massive increase in homes on the market. But supply has been on a steady move higher in the past two years. Combined, these two signals tell us that housing is beginning to improve. More homes are available for sale... and more homes have been selling recently. That's what we want to see. U.S. housing still has a long way to go. It's still nowhere near the more normal, pre-pandemic market. But as the fundamentals improve, it's setting the stage for a healthier market... And that should support higher prices in the years to come. Good investing, Brett Eversole Further Reading Mega-cap stocks aren't the only ones heading higher today. Most stocks are rallying. We know this because one vital index is hitting multiyear highs. And it tells us the bull run should continue climbing from here... [Read more here](. It's easy to blame Wall Street for the U.S. housing shortage. But the real cause isn't that simple. Here's why legislating the institutional buyers won't be enough to solve the shortage of homes on the market... 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