by The KCM Crew on August 31, 2016 in First Time Homebuyers, For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Update, Move-Up Buyers, Pricing

There are some industry pundits claiming that residential home values have risen too quickly and that current levels are on the verge of another housing bubble. It is easy to see how this thinking has taken form if we look at a graph of home prices from 2000 to today.

The graph definitely looks like a rollercoaster ride. And, as prices begin to reach 2006 levels again, it “seems logical” that the next part of the ride would be downhill. However, this graph includes the anomaly of the price bubble and the correction (the housing crash).

Let’s assume that instead of the rise and fall in home prices that we . . .