Shrinking Housing Inventory Favors Short-Term Recovery

There are plenty of signs that the housing market can sustain a short-term recovery, even though the sector has lost some of its momentum and will continue to feel the effects of the weak labor market.

First, the government's incentives to attract first-time homebuyers has been a success.
Second, the inventory of new homes is starting to diminish.
Third, there seems to be a healthy correction in the inventory of existing homes.
Lastly, mortgage rates are becoming very attractive.

The short-term recovery looks favorable, though the US is not out of the woods yet so to speak. Other trends such as the rate of unemployment, number of foreclosures, will affect the real estate recovery and the rate of that recovery.