US Housing Outlook

Apollo Chief Economist

The housing recovery continues, driven by a low supply of homes for sale.

Demand for housing is more complicated. High mortgage rates, high home prices, rising unemployment, and high construction costs are downside risks. Upside risks to demand are strong wage growth, strong income growth, high stock prices, and high cash flows for owners of fixed-income assets. The Fed cutting rates will also help housing.

With low supply and both upside and downside risks to demand, the housing recovery continues.

Our updated housing chart book is available here.

Share of households planning to move over the next 12 months has increased recently
Source: FRB of NY, Haver Analytics, Apollo Chief Economist
Mortgage originations starting to move higher for households with high credit scores
Source: NY Fed, Bloomberg, Apollo Chief Economist
Total housing inventory per person very low
Source: Census Bureau, FRED, Apollo Chief Economist
Existing housing inventory very low
Source: NAR, Apollo Chief Economist
US homes are getting smaller
Source: Census Bureau, Haver Analytics, Apollo Chief Economist

Download high-res chart(s)


This presentation may not be distributed, transmitted or otherwise communicated to others in whole or in part without the express consent of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, “Apollo”).  

Apollo makes no representation or warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the accuracy, reasonableness, or completeness of any of the statements made during this presentation, including, but not limited to, statements obtained from third parties. Opinions, estimates and projections constitute the current judgment of the speaker as of the date indicated. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Apollo and are subject to change at any time without notice. Apollo does not have any responsibility to update this presentation to account for such changes. There can be no assurance that any trends discussed during this presentation will continue.   

Statements made throughout this presentation are not intended to provide, and should not be relied upon for, accounting, legal or tax advice and do not constitute an investment recommendation or investment advice. Investors should make an independent investigation of the information discussed during this presentation, including consulting their tax, legal, accounting or other advisors about such information. Apollo does not act for you and is not responsible for providing you with the protections afforded to its clients. This presentation does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any security, product or service, including interest in any investment product or fund or account managed or advised by Apollo. 

Certain statements made throughout this presentation may be “forward-looking” in nature. Due to various risks and uncertainties, actual events or results may differ materially from those reflected or contemplated in such forward-looking information. As such, undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of terminology including, but not limited to, “may”, “will”, “should”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “target”, “project”, “estimate”, “intend”, “continue” or “believe” or the negatives thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology.