{"id":3561,"date":"2008-12-04T10:36:27","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T18:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=3561"},"modified":"2008-12-04T12:13:49","modified_gmt":"2008-12-04T20:13:49","slug":"the-housing-market-is-slightly-undervalued-except-in-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/04\/the-housing-market-is-slightly-undervalued-except-in-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The housing market is slightly undervalued&#8221; (except in Seattle)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalcity.com\/main\/micro-site\/economics\/commentary-analysis\/pages\/housing-valuation-analysis.asp?WT.vanity=HouseValuation\" title=\"Housing Valuation Analysis\">recent report on the housing market across the country<\/a> from Global Insight and National City contains some interesting bits that are worth noting:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Extreme overvaluation is now essentially nonexistent. &#8230; For the country as a whole, the housing market is slightly undervalued.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nOnly the Pacific Northwest remains overvalued across a wide region.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"width: 600px; margin: 5px auto; font-size: 0.8em; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalcity.com\/main\/micro-site\/economics\/commentary-analysis\/pages\/housing-valuation-analysis.asp?WT.vanity=HouseValuation\" title=\"Housing Valuation Analysis\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/national-city-map-v2.jpg\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5px;\" title=\"Housing Valuation Analysis\" alt=\"Housing Valuation Analysis\" width=\"600\" height=\"414\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Their analysis is based on population density, mortgage rates, incomes, and a &#8220;constant&#8221; for each city, that is roughly equivalent to the concept of desirability that <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/03\/a-question-of-affordability\/\" title=\"A Question Of Affordability\">we have discussed on these pages<\/a> numerous times in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Since they are claiming that most of California is already &#8220;fairly valued,&#8221; I think their analysis tends to lean somewhat in favor of more expensive housing.  So while I can&#8217;t say I agree with their analysis 100%, I do find it interesting \/ amusing that the Pacific Northwest now sticks out like a sore thumb in their nationwide analysis.<\/p>\n<p>You can play around with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalcity.com\/main\/micro-site\/economics\/commentary-analysis\/pages\/housing-valuation-analysis.asp?WT.vanity=HouseValuation\" title=\"Housing Valuation Analysis\">their nifty interactive map<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalcity.com\/content\/main\/micro-site\/economics\/commentary-analysis\/pages\/documents\/3Q2008report.pdf\" title=\"House Prices in America: 3rd Quarter 2008 Update\">read the full report<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalcity.com\/content\/main\/micro-site\/economics\/commentary-analysis\/pages\/documents\/3Q2008method.pdf\" title=\"House Prices in America : Valuation Methodology\">check out the methodology pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Update:<\/b> Changed the map image above to the one directly from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalcity.com\/content\/main\/micro-site\/economics\/commentary-analysis\/pages\/documents\/3Q2008report.pdf\" title=\"House Prices in America: 3rd Quarter 2008 Update\">the pdf report<\/a>, since the National City website is serving up different versions of the interactive map in a seemingly random fashion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent report on the housing market across the country from Global Insight and National City contains some interesting bits that are worth noting: Extreme overvaluation is now essentially nonexistent. &#8230; For the country as a whole, the housing market is slightly undervalued. &#8230; Only the Pacific Northwest remains overvalued across a wide region. 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