{"id":1216,"date":"2007-10-21T13:17:14","date_gmt":"2007-10-21T20:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/21\/reporters-have-difficulty-understanding-supply-demand\/"},"modified":"2007-10-21T13:17:14","modified_gmt":"2007-10-21T20:17:14","slug":"reporters-have-difficulty-understanding-supply-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/21\/reporters-have-difficulty-understanding-supply-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporters Have Difficulty Understanding Supply & Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yet another fear-mongering “rents to skyrocket” article<\/a> popped up this weekend, this one over at KIRO 7.<\/p>\n

Odds are, they’re going to hike your rent next year \u2014 perhaps by more than you expected.<\/p>\n

She slowdown in the Seattle housing market is beginning to impact apartment, condo and home renters, too.<\/p>\n

For sale signs are becoming permanent fixtures in our neighborhoods. Buyers are scared. Many are now opting to rent, which means, more competition \u2014 and higher prices for rental units.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s true that if demand for rentals were steadily rising while the supply stayed constant (or declined), prices would continue to rise (to a point). That’s what the article, whose headline is “Housing Slowdown Expected To Send Rents Higher” is obviously claiming will happen when they talk about “scared buyers” driving up the demand<\/em> for rentals. But amusingly, they go on to (apparently unwittingly) explain exactly why that is not<\/em> likely to happen…<\/p>\n

Two houses down the street haven’t sold, so Dave Goldberg decided to rent his instead.<\/p>\n

At $1,600 a month, the rent payments will cover most of the mortgage.<\/p>\n

“Sellers are scared. Sellers are feeling the effect of the downturn in the market \u2014 of what everyone thought would be a continuing rise in the market,” Goldberg said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, as the number of “scared sellers” increases, guess what? The rental supply<\/em> increases, too. Increasing demand plus increasing supply equals rents stabilizing (or to be more accurate, rising steadily in line with incomes).<\/p>\n

(Scott MacFarlane, Kiro 7<\/a>, 10.19.2007<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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