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2024-09-01

“通货紧缩”正在袭击住宅领域。

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也许你听说过“通货紧缩”,或是在打开一袋薯片时经历过这样的情境。那么,正如《财富》杂志之前报道的那样,“通货紧缩”正在袭击住宅领域。房屋面积在缩小,价格却在飙升。据服务性新闻集团USA Today Homefront最近的一项分析,与五年前相比,美国住宅的面积中位数缩小了128平方英尺(约合11.89平方米),价格却上涨了125000美元。

该公司的研究团队利用Realtor.com网站的数据,研究了150个人口最多的大都会区的房屋挂牌价格和面积变化情况。在这些地区中,只有18个地区的房屋面积在过去五年中有所扩大。但无一例外,它们的价格都出现了上涨。基本上,现在的房屋面积中位数缩水了6%以上,而房价中位数总体上涨了39%,每平方英尺的房价上涨了52%。

分析称:“大都市房屋面积不断缩小,每平方英尺的价格继续上涨。从本质上讲,建造更小户型的房屋并不能阻止每平方英尺价格的上涨,这使得购房者只能买到更小户型的房子,却要承担更高的房贷。”

然而,分析指出,“这种现象的普遍程度在各大都会地区有所不同”,就像房地产界的所有情况一样。科罗拉多斯普林斯的房屋缩水幅度最大,自2019年以来缩水了21%,而挂牌价格上涨了25%。更不必提及,在房屋缩水的10个大都会区中,有7个位于南部,仅北卡罗来纳州就有4个。另一方面,在达文波特大都会区(也称阔德城),房屋面积增加了约11%,房价上涨了58%。就每平方英尺的价格而言,那不勒斯大都会区的涨幅最大,接近88%,这可能是佛罗里达州泡沫的另一个迹象。

以下是我们了解到的情况:超低的抵押贷款利率,加上在任何地方工作的能力,再加上对空间的需求,在疫情期间推动了房地产热潮。房价暴涨,而当这一切结束时,由于美联储提高利率以为通胀降温,抵押贷款利率也随之飙升。我们面临高房价和高抵押贷款利率。现在两者都略有改善:抵押贷款利率下降,房价上涨放缓。但是,人们的负担能力仍然有所不足。我们不能忘记:土地成本和建筑成本也在上涨。

大约一年前,《财富》杂志报道说,建筑商别无选择,只能建造更小户型的住宅——这是他们应对负担能力日益恶化的办法。房屋建筑数据公司Zonda的阿里·沃尔夫(Ali Wolf)当时解释说:“建筑商越来越意识到如今的负担能力面临着多么严峻的挑战,他们需要采取措施才能继续取得成功。在这种情况下,他们正试图降低房屋的整体面积,以帮助降低整体房价。”

早在此之前,约翰·伯恩斯研究咨询公司(John Burns Research and Consulting)的马特·桑德斯就告诉《财富》杂志:“建筑商们确实在积极应对负担能力问题,他们采取的主要手段之一就是减少房屋面积。”

不过,两人都表示,房屋实际上并没有变成微型版本。相反,建筑商们正在寻找可以削减的死角,或者在住宅内部进行取舍。比方说,他们建造了更多的户外空间,而不是额外的卧室。即便如此,随着房屋面积的缩小,房价仍在上涨,但涨幅不如建筑商什么手段都不采取的情况下那么大。无论如何,这种情况短期内都不太可能改变。(财富中文网)

译者:中慧言-王芳

也许你听说过“通货紧缩”,或是在打开一袋薯片时经历过这样的情境。那么,正如《财富》杂志之前报道的那样,“通货紧缩”正在袭击住宅领域。房屋面积在缩小,价格却在飙升。据服务性新闻集团USA Today Homefront最近的一项分析,与五年前相比,美国住宅的面积中位数缩小了128平方英尺(约合11.89平方米),价格却上涨了125000美元。

该公司的研究团队利用Realtor.com网站的数据,研究了150个人口最多的大都会区的房屋挂牌价格和面积变化情况。在这些地区中,只有18个地区的房屋面积在过去五年中有所扩大。但无一例外,它们的价格都出现了上涨。基本上,现在的房屋面积中位数缩水了6%以上,而房价中位数总体上涨了39%,每平方英尺的房价上涨了52%。

分析称:"大都市房屋面积不断缩小,每平方英尺的价格继续上涨。从本质上讲,建造更小户型的房屋并不能阻止每平方英尺价格的上涨,这使得购房者只能买到更小户型的房子,却要承担更高的房贷。"

然而,分析指出,“这种现象的普遍程度在各大都会地区有所不同”,就像房地产界的所有情况一样。科罗拉多斯普林斯的房屋缩水幅度最大,自2019年以来缩水了21%,而挂牌价格上涨了25%。更不必提及,在房屋缩水的10个大都会区中,有7个位于南部,仅北卡罗来纳州就有4个。另一方面,在达文波特大都会区(也称阔德城),房屋面积增加了约11%,房价上涨了58%。就每平方英尺的价格而言,那不勒斯大都会区的涨幅最大,接近88%,这可能是佛罗里达州泡沫的另一个迹象。

以下是我们了解到的情况:超低的抵押贷款利率,加上在任何地方工作的能力,再加上对空间的需求,在疫情期间推动了房地产热潮。房价暴涨,而当这一切结束时,由于美联储提高利率以为通胀降温,抵押贷款利率也随之飙升。我们面临高房价和高抵押贷款利率。现在两者都略有改善:抵押贷款利率下降,房价上涨放缓。但是,人们的负担能力仍然有所不足。我们不能忘记:土地成本和建筑成本也在上涨。

大约一年前,《财富》杂志报道说,建筑商别无选择,只能建造更小户型的住宅——这是他们应对负担能力日益恶化的办法。房屋建筑数据公司Zonda的阿里·沃尔夫(Ali Wolf)当时解释说:“建筑商越来越意识到如今的负担能力面临着多么严峻的挑战,他们需要采取措施才能继续取得成功。在这种情况下,他们正试图降低房屋的整体面积,以帮助降低整体房价。”

早在此之前,约翰·伯恩斯研究咨询公司(John Burns Research and Consulting)的马特·桑德斯就告诉《财富》杂志:“建筑商们确实在积极应对负担能力问题,他们采取的主要手段之一就是减少房屋面积。”

不过,两人都表示,房屋实际上并没有变成微型版本。相反,建筑商们正在寻找可以削减的死角,或者在住宅内部进行取舍。比方说,他们建造了更多的户外空间,而不是额外的卧室。即便如此,随着房屋面积的缩小,房价仍在上涨,但涨幅不如建筑商什么手段都不采取的情况下那么大。无论如何,这种情况短期内都不太可能改变。(财富中文网)

译者:中慧言-王芳

Maybe you’ve heard of shrinkflation or lived it while opening a bag of chips. Well, it’s coming for your house, as Fortune has previously reported. Homes are shrinking in size and soaring in price. The median American home is 128 square feet smaller and $125,000 more expensive than it was five years ago, according to a recent analysis from service journalism group USA Today Homefront.

Its research team used Realtor.com data to examine changes in listing prices and square footage across 150 of the most populous metropolitan areas. Among those areas, only 18 have seen home sizes expand during the past five years. But without fail, each one saw prices rise. Basically, the median home is more than 6% smaller now, while the median price is 39% more expensive overall—and 52% more expensive per square foot.

“Metros with shrinking square footage continue to get more expensive per square foot,” the analysis said. “Essentially, building smaller houses isn’t stopping the growth in price per square foot, leaving buyers with a smaller house and an inflated mortgage.”

However, “the phenomenon’s prevalence varies across metro areas,” the analysis states—like everything in the housing world. Homes in Colorado Springs shrunk the most, by 21% since 2019, while listing prices rose 25%. Not to mention, seven of the 10 metros where homes contracted are in the South, four in North Carolina alone. On the other hand, in the Davenport metropolitan area, also known as Quad Cities, home sizes increased around 11%, and home prices leapt 58%. And in terms of price per square foot, it rose the most in the Naples metropolitan area, by almost 88%, potentially another sign of the bubble in Florida.

So here’s what we know: Ultralow mortgage rates coupled with the ability to work from wherever, plus a need for space, fueled a housing boom throughout the pandemic. Home prices skyrocketed, and when it was over, because the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to lower hot inflation, mortgage rates soared. We were left with high home prices and high mortgage rates. Both have improved slightly: Mortgage rates are lower and home price inflation is slowing. Still, affordability is shot. And let’s not forget the cost of land and the cost to build have gone up too.

About a year ago, Fortune reported that builders had no choice but to build smaller homes—it was their answer to deteriorated affordability. “Builders have become increasingly aware of how bad affordability challenges are today, and that they need to do something to continue to be successful,” Ali Wolf of home construction data firm Zonda explained at the time. “And in this case, they’re trying to lower the overall home size to help lower the overall home price.”

Even before that, John Burns Research and Consulting’s Matt Saunders told Fortune: “There’s really this active response by the builders to address these affordability concerns head-on, and one of the main kind of levers that they’re pulling is reducing home square footage.”

Still, both suggested homes weren’t actually becoming miniature versions of themselves. Instead, builders were looking for dead space to cut or making trade-offs within the homes. Let’s say they built more outdoor space rather than extra bedrooms. Even so, with smaller home sizes, prices have still gone up, but not as much as they would have if builders did nothing at all. Either way, it doesn’t seem likely to change anytime soon.

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