Two-thirds of Americans expect the housing market to crash in the next 3 years. Are they overreacting?

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Two-thirds of Americans expect the housing market to crash in the next 3 years, according to one survey

The housing market may be in a slowdown but home prices remain high. Two-thirds of Americans are expecting it to crash, according to one report.

The fears are understandable, but unlikely, the report added. Home prices have already begun to fall in some cities, “but a drop in home prices isn’t necessarily a crash,” said Holden Lewis, home and mortgages expert at NerdWallet. But those declines also came after double-digit percentage increases in house prices during the pandemic.

The biggest three reasons given were because of a worsening economy, due to higher mortgage rates, and because of high home prices.

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People need housing, prices are rising. I don't see a crash coming.

Better sell now, BullishBearz!

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