2008 vs Today In Real Estate

You might be worried we’re heading for a housing crash, but there are many reasons why this housing market isn’t like the one we saw in 2008. One of which is how lending standards are different today. In 2006 the lending index had gone up to over 850. Today, the story is quite different with an index about 100. Since the crash, the index went down because lending standards got tighter, so today it’s harder to get a mortgage. Leading up to the housing crash, lending standards were much more relaxed with little evaluation done to measure a borrower’s potential to repay their loan. Today, standards are tighter, and the risk is reduced for both lenders and borrowers. This goes to show, these are two very different housing markets, and this market isn’t like the last time.