The coronavirus is contained in the US, and with Chinese construction imports and non-resident buyers too small to have a meaningful impact, the housing market has so far escaped the virus largely unscathed. But if a widespread outbreak occurred, a collapse in households’ confidence and disruptions to the home buying process would likely push home sales back toward their post-crisis lows.
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