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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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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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Despite 2025 housing market predictions changing fast , there are still key themes and trends for real estate leaders to watch to best serve their clients and business. See what she had to say below and register today for the Housing Economic Summit on Feb. Home building is expected to increase in 2025.

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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

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Homebuyers have become older and wealthier Young people are having a particularly hard time in the housing market. Adult children of renters who want their children to have a better chance at achieving the American dream must figure out how to break into the housing market without family help.

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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 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

DECEMBER 28, 2024

The most positive development in the housing market over 2024 has been the increase in active housing inventory , which is approaching the levels seen in 2019. Although those 2019 levels represent a five-decade low before COVID-19, the market was still functioning better than it did from 2020 to 2023.

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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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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

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This downward pricing trend at distressed property auctions, combined with affordability constraints for retail buyers and rising rates of serious delinquency, foreshadows slowing home-price appreciation in 2025. Register today to attend the Housing Economic Summit in Dallas, on Feb. 26, 2025 and hear Daren Blomquist in person.

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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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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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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

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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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

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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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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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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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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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

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

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

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has set a new baseline conforming loan limit of $806,500 for one-unit properties in 2025, authorizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to purchase mortgages up to this amount. The adjustment indicates a weaker housing market this year, driven by still-elevated mortgage rates.

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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 11, 2023

To get there, Martell said loanDepot is still committed to its Vision 2025 plan, announced three months following his arrival to the company last year. But it was built to have a “little bit of wiggle room” to adjust to market conditions and opportunities for tomorrow. “The market has changed a lot.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

I’m now looking forward to 2025 when the data comes in each week. We’ll release the HousingWire 2025 Forecast paper in the next week or so where we’ll lay out our expectations, scenarios, and data to track for the real estate market in the coming year. We’re also at the seasonal decline time for the housing market.

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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

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

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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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

housing market, home equity now increasingly belongs to homeowners themselves a sharp turn from the post-Great Financial Crisis era when homeowners were largely underwater and owned much smaller share of the U.S. housing value. Register today to attend the Housing Economic Summit in Dallas, on Feb.

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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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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2022

One of the reasons that I moved into the “team higher mortgage rate” camp is that what I saw in January, February, and March of this year was so unhealthy that I labeled the housing market savagely unhealthy. million — once that happens, I can take the unhealthy label off the housing market.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Were seeing strong indications that demand for both primary and secondary homes will continue to grow into 2025, Allison said. The post Time to Get Away: The Most Desired Vacation Housing Markets first appeared on The MortgagePoint. To view the complete report for more data, charts, and methodology, click here.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 11, 2024

is Realtor.coms Top Housing Market for 2025 , a list of the top 100 housing markets that are forecast to see increased sales in the coming year. Rounding out the top 10 markets are Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla.; Colorado Springs, Colo. Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C.;

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 16, 2024

With mortgage rates forecast to remain above 6%, inventory expected to remain tight, and home prices predicted to stabilize at their current highs, its looking like the housing market wont see much of a thaw in 2025, Fannie Maes Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group says in a recent report.

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