Trey Garrison, December 4, 2014 12:26PM
Moody’s Investors Services is bullish on housing and homebuilding for 2015, as they say the year will start with near-record low inventories of completed and unsold new homes, and low inventories of existing homes.
They’re specific: The sector’s revenues will grow by more than 10% year-over-year through 2015, and weighted industry gross margins will exceed 20%.
“We expect total housing starts in 2015 of 1 million – 1.2 million, up from 975,000 – 1 million for 2014, and new home sales will climb to about 500,000 – 525,000, up from about 450,000 for 2014,” analysts say. “Prices will increase at a more modest rate than in 2014, but affordability will remain strong by historical standards, enticing buyers.”
So what will get homebuyers off the sidelines? Real household income growth must resume, they say, to bring that pent-up contingent of first-time homebuyers to the table.
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