At Countrywide, we’re often asked, “Why build now? What about interest rates? Inflation? A looming recession?” Despite these concerns, we see significant opportunity in the market, even amidst challenging factors. Let’s address some of the most common housing market myths and explain how Countrywide is navigating today’s real estate landscape.
Between 2020 and 2022, monthly asking rents rose by 15%, marking one of the fastest rent increases in nearly a century. Combined with rising home prices, tightening credit, and higher interest rates, some observers are drawing comparisons between today’s market and the Great Recession of 2008–2009.
Recently, headlines from business media have painted a bleak picture of the commercial real estate sector, with terms like “tsunami” and “crash” being used to describe what some claim is an impending crisis.
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