U.S. RMBS Sustainable Home Price Report First-Quarter 2017 Update Special Report RMBS / U.S.A. U.S. Prices Grow at a Sustainable Pace: National inflation-adjusted home prices continue to grow at a rate of approximately 3.5% annually. Home prices rose 1.1% in first-quarter 2017. Fitch Ratings views current price levels in most regions as sustainable and supported by improving unemployment and inflation-adjusted income growth. Some Western Areas Overheating: Rapid home price growth in some metropolitan areas in the West continues to exceed the level supported by economic fundamentals. Fitch s estimated overvaluation for home prices in Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington increased from last quarter. Miami Prices Stabilizing: Although still estimated to be 5% 9% overvalued, prices in Miami appear to be stabilizing in first-quarter 2017 after the city s smallest quarterly home price appreciation since 2012. Slower rental growth is providing an alternative to purchasing, and rising income and falling unemployment are providing support for existing prices. Fitch s estimated overvaluation improved from last quarter. Weighted Average National Case-Shiller versus Sustainable Home Price (HPI) Weighted Average National Case-Shiller HPI 200 190 180 170 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 Source: CoreLogic Case-Shiller and Fitch. Fitch Sustainable Home Price Related Research U.S. RMBS Sustainable Home Price Model (February 2016) Analysts Jian Mao +1 646 582-4880 jian.mao@fitchratings.com Bulin Guo +1 212 908-0744 bulin.guo@fitchratings.com Samuel So +1 212 908-0696 samuel.so@fitchratings.com www.fitchratings.com
Miami Home Prices Stabilizing Although still estimated to be 5% 9% overvalued, prices in Miami appear to be stabilizing in first-quarter 2017 after the city s smallest quarterly home price appreciation since 2012. CoreLogic Case-Shiller Miami Home Price appreciated only 0.1% in March 2017. The slowdown in price growth appears to be driven in part by a recent slowdown in rent growth, which has provided an alternative to purchasing and an increase in the luxury condo inventory. The underlying fundamental factors have continued to trend positively, such as rising income, falling unemployment and a limited supply of nonluxury condos and single-family homes. The year-over-year change for single-family home inventory fell 1.3% in April 2017. These factors have helped Fitch s estimated overvaluation (shown in the chart below) steadily improved since 2015. Miami Overvalution Improving (%, Fitch Estimated Overvaluation) 50 40 30 20 10 0 Source: CoreLogic Case-Shiller and Fitch. The rate of home price appreciation has been correlated with rent growth rates. In the postcrisis period, the rise in rent measured year over year reached its peak in 2015 but has since slowed to 3.4% as of first-quarter 2017. The slowdown in a rental increase appears to have helped take some pressure off home price appreciation by providing better relative alternatives to purchasing. Miami Rental Increases Cooling (%, Year-over-Year Rent Increase) 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 (2.0) (4.0) (6.0) Related Criteria U.S. RMBS Loan Loss Model Criteria (July 2017) Source: Federal Reserve, 1010data and Fitch. While home price growth has slowed, income and unemployment have continued to improve, albeit at a slower rate. As shown in the chart below, inflation-adjusted income has returned to the pre-crisis level, while the area s unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level since 2008. U.S. RMBS Sustainable Home Price Report 2
Miami Income and Unemployment Continue to Improve (000) 48 Inflation-Adjusted Income (LHS) Unemployment Rate (RHS) (%) 12 46 10 44 8 42 6 40 4 38 2 Source: IHS Global Insight and Fitch. Tightening inventory provides another support to home prices. As we can see in the chart below, the year-over-year change of inventory has decreased for condo and has turned negative for single-family homes. Miami Year-over-Year Change in Inventory Tightening (%) 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 (2) (4) Condo Year-over-Year Change Single Family Homes Year-over-Year Change 3/16 4/16 5/16 6/16 7/16 8/16 9/16 10/16 11/16 12/16 1/17 2/17 3/17 4/17 Source: Florida REALTORS. Home price trends in Miami have varied by pricing tier. The quarter-over-quarter price increase in mid- and high-tier-priced residences has decreased to less than 1%, while the home appreciation concentrated in the low-tier priced residences shows no sign of slowing, although prices remain below the pre-crisis peak on an inflation-adjusted basis. Miami Home Price Index by Tier (Home Price Index) Low Tier Mid Tier High Tier 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC. U.S. RMBS Sustainable Home Price Report 3
Appendix Overvaluation over Time Metropolitan Regions (Overvaluation As of First-Quarter 2017) CSW YoY smvd smvd smvd City MSA/Division Change (%) 3/1/17 3/1/16 3/1/15 Atlanta Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 4.0 5% 9% Sustainable Sustainable Boston Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 5.6 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable Charlotte Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 4.4 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable Chicago Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 2.4 Sustainable Undervalued Sustainable Cleveland Cleveland-Elyria, OH 2.3 Undervalued Undervalued Undervalued Dallas Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 6.6 10% 14% 10% 14% 5% 9% Denver Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 6.7 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable Detroit Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 4.7 Undervalued Undervalued Undervalued Las Vegas Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 4.5 15% 19% 10% 14% 10% 14% Los Angeles Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 3.7 Sustainable 5% 9% 5% 9% Miami Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 3.6 5% 9% 5% 9% 5% 9% Minneapolis Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 4.8 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable New York New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 3.5 Undervalued Undervalued Undervalued Phoenix Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 4.0 10% 14% 10% 14% 10% 14% Portland Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 7.3 10% 14% 10% 14% 5% 9% San Diego San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 4.5 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable San Francisco San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 3.4 5% 9% 5% 9% 5% 9% Seattle Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 10.2 5% 9% Sustainable Sustainable Tampa Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 3.2 5% 9% 5% 9% Sustainable Washington Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2.6 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable CSW Case Schiller Weiss. smvd Sustainable market value decline. Source: CoreLogic Case-Shiller and Fitch. U.S. RMBS Sustainable Home Price Report 4
Overvaluation over Time States (Overvaluation As of First-Quarter 2017) OFHEO smvd smvd smvd State YoY (%) 3/1/17 3/1/16 3/1/15 AK 1.0 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable AL 4.9 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable AR 4.0 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable AZ 6.7 10% 14% 5% 9% 5% 9% CA 7.3 5% 9% 5% 9% 5% 9% CO 10.9 5% 9% Sustainable Sustainable CT 0.5 Undervalued Undervalued Undervalued DC 13.8 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable DE (0.1) Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable FL 9.2 5% 9% 5% 9% 5 9% GA 6.6 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable HI 0.8 10% 14% 10% 14% 10% 14% IA 4.5 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable ID 10.3 15% 19% 10% 14% 5% 9% IL 5.7 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable IN 4.6 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable KS 5.3 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable KY 6.4 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable LA 2.1 5% 9% 5% 9% Sustainable MA 6.6 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable MD 3.9 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable ME 4.6 Undervalued Undervalued Undervalued MI 7.9 Undervalued Undervalued Undervalued MN 6.1 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable MO 3.9 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable MS 1.6 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable MT 3.8 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable NC 6.4 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable ND (0.1) 10% 14% 10% 14% 5% 9% NE 7.3 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable NH 9.6 Undervalued Undervalued Undervalued NJ 2.7 Undervalued Undervalued Undervalued NM 5.7 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable NV 8.9 15% 19% 10% 14% 10% 14% NY 4.9 Undervalued Undervalued Undervalued OH 4.5 Undervalued Undervalued Undervalued OK 3.9 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable OR 9.1 10% 14% 5% 9% Sustainable PA 4.0 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable RI 6.5 Undervalued Undervalued Undervalued SC 3.5 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable SD 5.6 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable TN 7.9 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable TX 7.2 10% 14% 10% 14% 5% 9% UT 8.8 5% 9% Sustainable Sustainable VA 3.8 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable VT 7.5 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable WA 10.3 5% 9% Sustainable Sustainable WI 5.7 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable WV 0.1 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable WY 1.8 Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable OFHEO Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight. smvd Sustainable market value decline. Source: OFHEO and Fitch. U.S. RMBS Sustainable Home Price Report 5
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