Bob FraserCFO & Macro Strategist | Data-Driven Investing Expert | Speaker & Author

Is buying a house in 2024 a good idea?

Name: Is buying a house in 2024 a good idea?
Uploaded: 2024-08-09T15:00:35+00:00
Duration: 33 s
Channel: Bob Fraser
Description: In this concise monologue, the speaker argues that current homeowners are in an exceptionally strong financial position, making a housing market crash…

9 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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In this concise monologue, the speaker argues that current homeowners are in an exceptionally strong financial position, making a housing market crash unlikely in 2024. He highlights that owners enjoy historically low payment‑to‑income ratios, record‑high equity, and predominantly fixed‑rate mortgages, having qualified for these terms. The speaker dismisses sensational headlines about looming adjustable‑rate resets, noting that adjustable‑rate loans are a tiny minority. Consequently, he characterizes concerns about a residential housing crash as naive and uninformed, asserting that homeowners have never been better positioned.

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People who own homes are on the party boat. There's no distress there. They have the lowest payment-to-income ever in history. They have the highest equity. They have fixed payments. They had to qualify for those payments. There are very few on adjustable rates. Any silly headlines that say, oh my gosh, adjustable rates are up and, you know, coming due on residential, like, absolutely not. They're mostly fixed. So to think that residential, the housing market, could see a crash is kind of naive and uninformed because Homeowners have never been in a better position.