Credit Scores Getting Worse: Another Reason The Housing Market Will Decline Further and Then Stay Down

Credit Scores Getting Worse: Another Reason The Housing Market Will Decline Further and Then Stay Down

According to this article, Analysis: One-Third of Americans Highly Unlikely to Qualify for a Mortgage Today, 29.3% of Americans has a credit score under 620. This means that almost 1 in 3 Americans cannot qualify for a mortgage loan right now. This is yet another reason why the housing market will decline further: too many potential buyers are eliminated from the buyer pool due to poor credit. By the time this housing market decline is over the percentage of Americans with poor credit will likely increase to as much as 35% to 40%. In addition to that, nearly 50% of Americans will owe more than their home is worth (see SCARY STUFF: About half of U.S. mortgages seen underwater by 2011) and there is just no way buyers can come back into the market in a big way absent a substantial decline in home prices, which would allow new buyers into the market. Therefore, even when this housing market decline hits a bottom there will be no driver to push home prices back up resulting in more of a "thud and muddle" rather than a "V" recovery (also see: The Truth About Home Prices). As a result of this there are going to be a high level of foreclosures, short sales and other distress sales for the next several years.

Short Sale and Foreclosure Help and Assistance for Homeowners and Property Owners in Nashville TN and Middle TN. If you are a Nashville Tennessee, Franklin Tennessee, Brentwood Tennessee, Nolensville Tennessee, Spring Hill Tennessee, Murfreesboro Tennessee, Smyrna Tennessee, La Vergne Tennessee, or Middle Tennessee homeowner, property owner, condo owner, real estate investor, home builder or real estate developer who cannot pay your mortgage payments (due to losing your job, having your income reduced, illness, health problems, adverse business conditions, slow sales, loss of investment property tenants, vacancy issues, lack of funds to complete the project, feuding business partners, etc.), know that you will not be able to pay your mortgage, have defaulted on your mortgage, are already in foreclosure, or owe more than your home is worth, please contact me to discuss your options including a loan modification and a short sale (a real estate short sale occurs when the sale proceeds are not sufficient to pay off all the mortgages and liens on the property/home). I am a Middle Tennessee distressed real estate, short sale, pre-foreclosure (preforeclosure) and foreclosure REALTOR, Expert and Real Estate Investor. I primarily help sellers (homeowners, property owners, condo owners, owners of high end homes and properties (estate homes, luxury homes and executive homes), real estate investors, home builders and real estate developers) of distressed real estate, short sales, pre-foreclosures, foreclosures, investment properties, failed new construction projects and struggling commercial real estate developments located in Middle Tennessee (Rutherford County TN, Williamson County TN, Davidson County TN, Robertson County TN, Maury County TN, Murfreesboro TN, Smyrna TN, La Vergne TN, Eagleville TN, Lascassas TN, Rockvale TN, Christiana TN, Brentwood TN, Franklin TN, Nashville TN, Belle Meade TN, Nolensville TN, Spring Hill TN, Gallatin TN, Springfield TN and Mt. Juliet TN). If you do need to short sell your home or property, or you need a quick sale due to being in foreclosure, you can request short sale and foreclosure help and assistance on my website at Get Short Sale and Foreclosure Help and Assistance from a Nashville Tennessee and Middle Tennessee Short Sale and Foreclosure REALTOR, Real Estate Expert and Real Estate Investor.