Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Realtor.com has revealed its Top Housing Markets for 2025 , highlighting the areas ready for growth in the year ahead. Top Markets Feature Diversity Realtor.com found that the top 10 markets for 2025 are distinguished by their dynamic and diverse communities. comprised of VA loans and 41% were FHA loans.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Inventory is still very tight in places like Chicago and New England, but it is rising in these markets. And 2025 is poised to continue the trend of rising inventory across the country. Well probably finish 2025 with 15% more homes available than we have now. How will that impact home prices in 2025?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Dramatic mortgage rate movements are destined to play a major role in the coming year, according to Zillow ‘s newest forecast , which also calls for declining mortgage rates to be a catalyst for home-sales growth and home-price appreciation in 2025. “There’s a strong sense of dj vu on tap for 2025. million in 2025.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

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. Zillow predicts 4.3

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

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 Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

However, there is a limit to the downside on mortgage rates until the labor market breaks, or we get more than 1% rate cuts from the Fed. Let’s put a framework for 2025 in play. My jobs growth forecast for 2025 is between 133,000 and 151,000 jobs. Currently, we have an average of 138,000 jobs created each month in 2025.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Home prices in 2025 are a couple percentage points above where they were last year at this time. housing market. more homes on the market now than a year ago. I continue to interpret any growth in sellers as a good sign for a healthier housing market. There are 28.7% Its a little more than in 2024 or 2023.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Its late December so all the 2025 mortgage rate forecasts have been published. Most housing market analysts expect mortgage rates to spend the year with a 6 handle. The most optimistic predictions assume 2025 will see mostly low 6s for the 30-year fixed rate mortgage. Unfortunately, all of them are already wrong.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell played the Grinch last week for the housing market, sending mortgage rates higher after his remarks at the Fed presser on Wednesday. However, we need lower mortgage rates to grow sales in a bigger fashion in 2025.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

housing market was relatively slow in 2024, experts say the luxury sector was an outlier and they are anticipating even stronger conditions in 2025. Overall, the agents surveyed have a positive outlook for the year, driven by renewed confidence in the market, a larger selection of desirable properties and more purchasing power.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Housing starts and permits are in a recession today while the number of completed units from homebuilders is increasing. This situation poses a risk to construction labor in 2025. I wrote about why this presents a housing recession risk for the Federal Reserve.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Forecasts for the housing market in 2025 are not that rosy, but Ryan McKeveny and Brian Hale see this as a good thing for the years ahead. Housing inventory is key Inventory is important in making the housing market more affordable, but it’s more complicated than just building more houses, McKeveny said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Better mortgage spreads are limiting how high rates can rise in 2025. This situation contrasts with the challenges the market faced in 2023, during the banking crisis when the Federal Reserve was still raising rates. Today, I want to explain why this topic is essential as we look ahead to the rest of 2025.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 7, 2025

Across the board, mortgage and real estate respondents to the HousingWire Pulse Q1 2025 survey say the housing market will be flat for the first three months of 2025. This diversity allows for a comprehensive understanding of the market dynamics. The good news?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

With fluctuating mortgage rates and economic pressure in the housing market, foreclosure activity ramped up in October 2024. According to real estate data provider Attom , homebuyers may face more challenges heading into 2025. Foreclosure Market Report on Tuesday. Attom released its October 2024 U.S.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced that the conforming loan limit values (CLLs) for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) in 2025. the 2025 CLL value for one-unit properties will be $806,500, an increase of $39,950 (or 5.2%) from 2024. In most of the U.S., According to the report, U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The stagnant 2024 housing market is one the real estate industry cant wait to get away from, but not so for the niche luxury market. Elevated mortgage rates have stymied the broader housing market in 2024, but the luxury segment is somewhat insulated from that because wealthy buyers are less likely to need a mortgage.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

HousingWire is proud to announce the 2025 Finance Leaders, recognizing 40 of the most impactful finance executives in the mortgage and real estate industries. The Finance Leaders award honors executives who are not only advancing financial performance but strengthening liquidity, expanding margins, and enhancing access to capital markets.

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Sacramento Appraisal Blog

JANUARY 7, 2025

Whats the housing market going to do in 2025? UPCOMING SPEAKING GIGS: 1/15/25 Mike & Joel Event (free online (register Eventbrite)) 1/16/25 Sac Real Producers event (details TBA) 1/22/25 Windermere El Dorado […] The post Real estate trends to watch in 2025 first appeared on Sacramento Appraisal Blog.

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Appraisal Buzz

JANUARY 3, 2025

According to Zillow s most recent market research, the erratic and abrupt changes in mortgage rates that had a significant impact on the housing market in 2024 will undoubtedly be a significant factor in the upcoming year. By 2025, that figure ought to increase somewhat to 4.16 The post Will Home Sales Increase in 2025?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The 2024 housing market is shaping out to be one of the slowest in recent memory, but what can the industry expect in 2025? HousingWire Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami and Altos Research Founder Mike Simonsen have compiled a comprehensive forecast for the 2025 housing market. HousingWire’s 2025 forecast of 3.5%

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Housing Market Supply and Demand: An analysis of housing inventory trends and construction pressures affecting pricing and availability. Department of Labor’s Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report (Thursday) The post The Week Ahead: Preparing for 2025 first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

Home price growth in the second quarter was stronger than previously anticipated, but economists at Fannie Mae believe it will likely moderate soon, closing 2024 and 2025 at annualized rates of 6.1% Fannie also forecasts refi volumes to grow to $563 billion in 2025 as home prices continue to rise and mortgage rates fall.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Buyers have also been less active despite the Federal Reserve ’s 50-basis-point cut to benchmark rates last month.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 13, 2024

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. 2025 Outlook NAR expects the Federal Reserve to maintain a gradual approach to easing monetary policy in 2025.

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Appraisal Buzz

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Like much of the housing market at the moment, home prices remained relatively flat coming into the fall,” says Selma Hepp, chief economist for CoreLogic, in a statement. Photo: Frames For Your The post CoreLogic: Home Price Growth Forecast to Flatten in 2025 appeared first on Appraisal Buzz.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

housing market. And according to Freddie Mac ‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, the average rate inched closer to 7% this week. Fannie Mae, however, remains optimistic that housing market activity will pick up as existing home sales and new single-family housing starts are expected to grow modestly in 2024.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

real estate investors are planning to grow their portfolios and invest significantly in property improvements in 2025, according to a new survey from property management software provider RentRedi. A majority of U.S. he survey, conducted during a two-week period in November 2024, found that 59% of U.S.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Auction.com has released its 2025 Distressed Market Outlook , which forecasts foreclosure auction volume decreasing 8% in 2025 as a baseline scenario. The forecast also incorporates two other less likely scenarios with differing macroeconomic and housing market assumptions. so far in 2024.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

People seeking more space to accommodate working from home led to a minor outflow of residents that put the housing market on pause. So, I’m cautiously optimistic that rates coming down are finally going to bring more inventory that could balance things out for buyers, especially when we get into the first quarter of 2025.”

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The number of office-to-apartment (O-to-A) conversions is on the rise, and by 2025, there will be about 71,000 units planned, breaking new records. Only 3,709 of the 55,339 office-to-apartments that were in some stage of development in January of last year were finished by December, meaning that 51,630 units remained unfinished until 2025.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Buyers, sellers and practitioners in the housing market pay close attention to the headlines that emerge from various changes in market activity, and sometimes those headlines can lead to fear. in 2025, but this could change. Bush Presidential Center. And so the data is the antidote to fear.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Home Depot is expects same-store sales in 2025 to be just 1.0% better than this past year, an indication that the housing market will remain slow. In the near term, the company isnt expecting to see meaningful changes to interest rates, housing turnover or the macroeconomic environment.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

If 2024 was a rollercoaster, 2025 is shaping up to be a championship gameand every buyer , seller and homeowner has a shot at winning big. After a year filled with rate swings, unpredictable markets and a bit of drama (thank you, inflation), the real estate world is ready for a fresh start. The key takeaway?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As 2025 approaches, the U.S. real estate market is marked by contradictions that are leaving many confused. Mortgage rates, rental patterns, homeownership dreams, and housing trends across the country are all seemingly colliding in ways that create both opportunities and uncertainties.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Davis believes that by aligning with the right lender and expanding product offerings, originators can position themselves as valuable partners in a shaky market. Tom Davis: Investor transactions are still close to 28% of the overall purchase market. Investors run into challenges trying to build their portfolios every day.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

The year 2025 will be transformative for real estate. Rising personal home insurance rates, fueled by escalating claims costs, increasing property values and the growing frequency of natural disasters, will all have a profound impact on market dynamics and homeowners insurance costs.

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