71% Think now is a good time to buy
GALLUP POLL: Americans See Buyers’ Market in Housing
Seventy-one percent think now is a good time to buy a house
Seventy-one percent think now is a good time to buy a house
by Dennis Jacobe, Chief Economist, Galluphttp://www.gallup.com/poll/117586/Americans-Buyers-Market-Housing.aspx
PRINCETON, NJ — Plunging housing prices combined with historically low interest rates have persuaded 71% of Americans that now is a “good time” to buy a house — up 18 percentage points from a year ago and the highest level of housing-purchase optimism in four years.