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American Optimism Trends Higher as Home Buying Season Starts |
As the market enters the spring homebuying season, more homeowners are beginning to think now is a good time to sell a home. According to the latest Fannie Mae National Housing Survey, the share of respondents who say it is a good time to sell a home esclated to 38% in March, up from 26% for the same period a year ago. Meanwhile, 52% of people believe it is easy to get a mortgage today, compared to 47% a year ago, matching the all-time survey high. On top of this, the share of people who say their personal financial situation improved during the past year reached an all-time survey high of 40%. |