DFW Real Estate FAIRcast Britt Fair April 1, 2019 Fair Texas Title 8201 Preston Road Suite 160 Dallas, TX 75225
Interest Rate Improvement Rates hit all-time lows in July 2016 but rose through Nov 2018 With concerns about global growth, trade wars, political gridlock and possible recession, rates have declined by about ¾ of a percent since early November 10-year Treasury yield Source: cnbc.com
Yield Curve Inversion Yield curve became inverted starting Friday 3/22/19, meaning that long-term rates fell below short-term rates Concern that this is a signal of a coming economic recession Sources: CBC News, Bloomberg
History of Yield Curve Inversions When short-term rates exceed long-term rates, that typically has been followed by a recession Sources: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Wall Street Journal
Odds of a Fed Funds Rate Cut in 2019 Source: CME Group, Wall Street Journal
Did someone say the R word? Expansions in US usually last around 7 years, and this one started in 2010, so has it reached expiration? Don t get scared by the word recession expansions are always followed by recessions, which in turn are always followed by expansions A recession is generally defined as 2 or more quarters of declining GDP, meaning that the growth of the economy disappears for 6 months or more Recent recessions in US were triggered by mortgage meltdown and the dot-com bust coupled with 9/11 What could trigger next one? Trade war, government shutdown, international event like Brexit or war
2 Quarters of GDP Declines? Not Imminent Sources: The Wall Street Journal, US Commerce Department
US Annual Change in Nonfarm Employment Eight straight years of over 2 million jobs being added in US Sources: The Wall Street Journal, US Department of Labor
US Change in Average Earnings vs Prior Year Sources: The Wall Street Journal, US Department of Labor
Low Interest Rates Remain Rates rise in good times and fall in slowdowns Buyers shouldn t wait on rates to set record lows again further significant improvement is unlikely Source: multpl.com 10-year US Treasury rate
DFW vs USA Economy As solid as the US economy has been, the local DFW economy and real estate market remain even healthier DFW outperformance relative to other metro areas is important for a couple of reasons Because Fed policy is based on a national economy, the big slowdown in other metros (Chicago, Detroit, LA, New York, etc.) keeps the Fed from taking actions that would cool off our DFW economy Since growth in these other metros appears to be dwindling, that will support the pipeline of company/worker relocations to DFW looking for more opportunity
Top Metro Job Growth (1/18-1/19) New York Metro 141,000 Dallas/Fort Worth 100,100 Houston 83,800 Chicago 75,200 Phoenix 64,800 San Francisco 62,300 Miami 59,100 Atlanta 57,000 Seattle 50,500 Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Change (1/18-1/19) 12 Largest US Metro Areas Boston Los Angeles Washington Philadelphia New York Chicago Atlanta Miami San Francisco DFW Houston Phoenix 0.5% 0.8% 1.0% 1.1% 1.5% 1.6% 2.1% 2.2% 2.6% 2.8% 2.8% 3.1% 0.0% 0.5% 1.0% 1.5% 2.0% 2.5% 3.0% 3.5% Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Source: Dallas Regional Chamber
US Metro Daily Migration Source: Bloomberg (via the Dallas Morning News 12/14/2018)
Metro Population Growth (7/16-7/17) 2017 Rank 2016 Rank County 2017 2016 Numeric Population Population Change 1 1 Maricopa County, AZ 4,307,033 4,233,383 73,650 1.7 2 3 Clark County, NV 2,204,079 2,156,724 47,355 2.2 3 6 Riverside County, CA 2,423,266 2,386,522 36,744 1.5 4 2 Harris County, TX 4,652,980 4,617,041 35,939 0.8 5 5 Tarrant County, TX 2,054,475 2,021,746 32,729 1.6 6 4 King County, WA 2,188,649 2,155,962 32,687 1.5 7 8 Bexar County, TX 1,958,578 1,927,747 30,831 1.6 8 7 Dallas County, TX 2,618,148 2,587,462 30,686 1.2 9 12 Denton County, TX 836,210 808,299 27,911 3.5 10 14 Collin County, TX 969,603 942,453 27,150 2.9 Percent Change Source: US Census Bureau
Housing Starts in 2018 Sources: Metrostudy Inc., The Dallas Morning News
MLS Dollar Volume Since 2007 $4,000,000,000 $3,500,000,000 $3,000,000,000 $2,500,000,000 $2,000,000,000 $1,500,000,000 $1,000,000,000 $500,000,000 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 February dollar volume of North Texas existing home resales was $2.04 billion. This figure was the second highest February on record, slightly behind February 2018 but slightly ahead of February 2017. Sources: The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M
MLS Sales Data Feb 2019 % Change vs. Prior Year % Change vs. Prior Year % Change vs. Prior Year % Change vs. Prior Year # of Sales Average Sale Price Median Sale Price Months Inventory 9 The Colony 31-26% $282,408-1% $267,500 2% 1.8 88% 10 Dallas Far N 49-32% $464,832-3% $383,850-15% 3.0 46% 11 Dallas N 41-18% $1,325,674-26% $1,150,000 42% 6.5 45% 12 Dallas E 141-15% $441,108 5% $367,500 2% 3.2 80% 14 N. Oak Cliff 92 67% $258,721 9% $200,000 3% 3.4 46% 16 Dallas NW 40-7% $440,828 0% $377,500-5% 3.6 83% 17 Uptown/OakLawn 71-11% $411,528-4% $342,000 11% 4.7 38% (condos & townhomes) 18 Dallas NE 45 25% $410,502 4% $394,500 1% 2.6 55% 20 Plano 193-10% $409,553-2% $340,000 1% 2.1 39% 22 Carrollton/F.Branch 143 38% $326,936-2% $307,890 8% 1.8 120% 23 Richardson 73 4% $323,488 5% $306,000 7% 1.8 87% 25 Park Cities 40-7% $1,169,788 3% $864,000-18% 6.2 29% 51 Allen 93 16% $369,623-5% $315,000-15% 2.7 115% 52 Fairview/Lucas 15-21% $458,779-6% $387,000-2% 4.2 65% 53 McKinney 195-8% $345,182-2% $325,000-2% 2.9 27% 55 Frisco 184-25% $449,936 10% $410,000 16% 3.2 29% Sources: The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M
Local Supply/Demand Trends Active Listings Sales Area 25 Area 11 Area 12 Area 25 Area 11 Area 12 2/28/2014 205 221 380 48 50 164 2/28/2015 222 214 274 40 46 176 2/28/2016 324 275 341 37 35 176 2/28/2017 336 299 353 59 56 150 2/28/2018 301 284 365 43 50 168 2/28/2019 366 356 591 40 41 141 Current listings are significantly higher than the recent low inventory years Current sales a little on the low side but not too far out of range, especially in most expensive zones Sources: The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M
2019 Predictions Global economy will continue to slow, and while US economy will be among 2019 s best, US growth will slow down vs 2018 Growth in DFW jobs/population continues Next exodus on April 15 from places with huge state/local taxes that are no longer deductible from federal tax returns Continued relocations will mitigate next recession in DFW Market inventory realities starting to dawn on sellers # of transactions will pick back up as sellers lower their asks Extremely attractive interest rates will pique buyers interest It s a balanced market in most areas, but it has moved to a buyer s market at the higher priced neighborhoods 2019 real estate sales volume will approximate 2018 (below 2017), making 2019 the 2nd best housing year ever in DFW