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Home / Intelligence / What is the Impact of a Recession on the Housing Market?

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  • April 1, 2020

What is the Impact of a Recession on the Housing Market?

There is a widespread expectation that the US as well as the whole world have entered or will be in recession amid the coronavirus pandemic. Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan forecast a more than 20% US GDP contraction for next quarter[1] . The International Monetary Fund declared a global recession[2] . In this blog, the impact of the past five recessions on regional housing markets is examined and sheds some light on what may occur during this coming recession.

Figure 1 shows the percentage of markets within a region that had a more than 1% nominal home price decline one year into a recession[3] . As we can see from the chart, the 2007 recession, the Great Recession, was the only time we saw a nationwide housing market downturn, which didn’t come as a surprise as the Great Recession was caused by the housing bubble burst. The 2001 recession that started from the .com bubble burst had very little impact on the nominal home prices. There were less than 5% of markets that had a more than 1% home price decline in the Pacific region, where the .com bubble burst. For the 1990, 1981 and 1980 recessions, some regions were affected more than others but all of them were far from a national meltdown.

Figure 2 shows the nominal home price change one year into a recession for all census regions. Even after the start of the Great Recession after the December 2007 business cycle peak, the magnitude of the home price depreciation varied region by region, ranging from about a 5% decline in the East South Central region to almost a 25% decline in the Pacific region one year into the recession. The 2001 .com bubble burst recession had never stopped the nominal home price from appreciating in all regions, even in the Pacific region where the .com bubble burst. For the 1990, 1981 and 1980 recessions, most regions had positive home price growth one year into the recession except for three occasions: New England and Middle Atlantic in 1990 and East North Central in 1981.

An important reason nominal home prices kept rising in the 1980 and 1981 recessions was because inflation was so high. CPI inflation was 13.5% in 1980 and 10.4% in 1981, and hence in real terms home prices fell. As a matter of fact, the only recession where real home prices kept rising was 2001 in part because the Fed began cutting rates early and injected a huge amount of money into the financial market. With the Fed’s cutting the rate to zero and huge injection of liquidity, the home price path could be like what happened in 2001, but it is too early to speculate given uncertainty about the length and severity of the pandemic. 

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[1]  https://www.businessinsider.com/economic-outlook-jpmorgan-cuts-gdp-forecasts-coronavirus-recession-senate-stimulus-2020-3

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/us-gdp-drop-record-2q-amid-coronavirus-recession-goldman-sachs-2020-3-1029018308

[2] https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/28/imf-declares-global-recession-and-doubles-the-size-if-its-financial-war-chest

[3] Market areas were defined as Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSA). The analysis includes 954 CBSAs in the U.S.

  • Category: Blogs, Intelligence, Office of the Chief Economist
  • Tags: Housing Market Forecast, Recession
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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