Early: Housing Forecasts for 2013

Towards the end of each year I collect some housing forecasts for the following year. Here was a summary of forecasts for 2012. Right now it looks like new home sales will be around 365 thousand this year, and total starts around 750 thousand or so.

Here is one without details, from Hui Shan, Sven Jari Stehn, Jan Hatzius at Goldman Sachs:

We project housing starts to continue to rise, reaching an annual rate of 1.0 million by the end of 2013 and 1.5 million by the end of 2016.

The table below shows several forecasts for 2013. 

From Fannie Mae: Housing Forecast: November 2012

From NAHB: Housing and Interest Rate Forecast, 11/29/2012 (excel)

I'll add some more forecasts soon:

Some Housing Forecasts for 2013
	New Home Sales (000s)	Single Family Starts (000s)	Total Starts (000s)	CS House Prices
Fannie Mae	452	659	936	1.6%1
NAHB	447	641	910
Wells Fargo	460	680	990	2.6%
Merrill Lynch	466		976	2.6%
2012 Estimate	365	525	750	6.0%
1FHFA Purchase-Only Index