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Targeting 2025’s 10 Top Housing Hot Spots 

Appraisal Buzz

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has announced 10 top hot spots for the 2025 housing market based on economic, demographic and housing factors predicted to significantly impact local markets. Share of starter-owner occupied units: Starter homes, typically priced at 85% of the median-priced home, are critical for first-time buyers.

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Nearly Half of All Prospective Buyers Struggle with Basic Home Costs

Appraisal Buzz

Moreover, a majority of Americans (27%) from all income brackets, including the mass affluent and above, reported that they have been compelled to set up a payment plan or other arrangement in order to help with making monthly payments. This is why industry estimates call for a robust 2025 with $2 trillion in expected mortgage originations.”

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Mortgage rates — not commission lawsuits — will be the story in 2024 for publicly traded brokerages

Housing Wire

If you compress the commissions on the buyer side by some amount it would have an effect on the overall commission pot and that would hurt the large publicly traded companies because that would be akin to just having a drawdown in volumes overall, which we’ve seen what that does to margins and profits and it hurts,” Paolone said.

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An open letter to President-Elect Trump: A market in crisis

Housing Wire

If one would normally pay 20% based upon their tax bracket, they will pay 10% instead. This could be a huge win-win-win (country, seller, buyer). And increased inventory at lower price points promotes a balanced market with price stability for the buyer. This would be a temporary solution, from Q2 2025 to Q4 2026.

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Appraising Unique Properties

Appraisal Today

As for the Naples property, Ameer adds: You essentially have your own private island here, and the long marketing time may simply be due to aspirational pricing for a unique property, which can take time to find the buyer audience for this home. across 2025, and end the year at 6.2%. I have been forecasting lower rates in 2025.