How Macro Factors Affect the Housing Market
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Blomquist: “If we do see a longer-term slide in the housing market, it certainly could ripple out and have a negative effect on potential homebuyers.”
IRVINE, CA—There is a connection between the stock market, falling oil prices and the housing recovery. After RealtyTrac released its July 2015 US Home Sales Report, which showed that sales of properties in-foreclosure and cash sales were down from a year ago to multi-year lows, GlobeSt.com spoke exclusively with the firm’s VP Daren Blomquist about macro factors and how they impact the housing market.
GlobeSt.com: Is there any correlation between what happens in the stock market and what happens in the housing market?…