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New Forecast Pinpoints 2025’s Top Housing Markets

Appraisal Buzz

Realtor.com has revealed its Top Housing Markets for 2025 , highlighting the areas ready for growth in the year ahead. As a result, housing affordability remains a challenge, with buyers spending about 31.1% While these areas generally offer lower home prices than the national average, incomes tend to be lower as well. above the U.S.

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Housing Market Activity Will Pick Up in 2025, But it Will Be a Bumpy Ride

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Zillow is predicting a more active housing market in 2025 , but those hoping to buy — or even refinance — should buckle up for a bumpy ride and be ready to move when conditions are right. More inventory should shake loose in 2025, giving buyers a bit more room to breathe. For existing home sales, Zillow forecasts 4.3

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Housing Market Forecast: Unpredictable Mortgage Rates to Shake Up 2025

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As 2025 draws near, mortgage rates are once again in the news. Zillow anticipates a more active housing market with more buyers obtaining the upper hand in 2025. As the market gradually recovers, 2025 should bring more sales and relatively moderate increases in property values. increase in property values in 2025.

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Mortgage rates falling to 5% would get a swath of buyers back in the market

Housing Wire

That’s according to a new survey from Mphasis Digital Risk, which revealed that 42% of prospective buyers said a 5% rate would get them back in the market. We’re getting closer to homebuyers’ comfort zone of low-6%, high-5% rates, and September’s anticipated Fed cuts should help buyer sentiment.

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Reverse mortgage pros sound off on 2025 HECM limit

Housing Wire

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced last week that the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) limit for 2025 will be $1,209,750. It’s the ninth straight year that the limit will increase based on home-price appreciation levels, which feeds into a single, national limit for all HECM loans.

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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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Fannie Mae Releases 2025 Economic Outlook 

Appraisal Buzz

As the new year draws near, Fannie Mae anticipates that many of the housing trends from 2024 will persist in 2025, with the lock-in effect of mortgage rates and housing affordability continuing to be major obstacles for countless Americans. In 2025, economists predict that the average mortgage rate will continue to be higher than 6%.

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