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%.