Forty-One Percent of Americans Think The Housing Market Will Crash Next Year

According to results just released by Lending Tree from a survey they conducted in October, 41% of American’s surveyed expect the housing market to crash next year.  As the table below, which shows the results by generation, the Millennials are the most pessimistic about the market with 44% of the millennials surveyed believing the housing market is headed to a crash.  The most optimistic generation?  Baby boomers, with only 35% of the generation I belong to believing we are headed to a crash.

Inflation is the leading culprit…

Of those surveyed that believe the housing market is headed for a crash in the next year, 33% felt inflation would be the leading cause of the crash, followed by 24% that said it was interest rates.

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