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The two big housing market trends to watch in 2025

Housing Wire

However, there are two big trends that stand out as we launch into 2025 affordability and sellers in the market. In 2025, housing affordability in the U.S. That growth is in jeopardy if we stay at the high end of the mortgage rate range into the first quarter 2025. These are unsold new listings.

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2025 could be the last year of inventory shortage

Housing Wire

Home prices in 2025 are a couple percentage points above where they were last year at this time. New listings To get a lot of homes on the market though we need some sellers. There were only 54,000 new listings of single-family homes unsold this week. Unsold new listings amount to 4.8%

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Better mortgage spreads are capping rates in 2025

Housing Wire

Better mortgage spreads are limiting how high rates can rise in 2025. Today, I want to explain why this topic is essential as we look ahead to the rest of 2025. However, spreads have improved in 2024 and 2025, which is helping to limit how high mortgage rates can go this year. In 2023, spreads reached as high as 3.10%.

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What to expect from the 2025 housing market

Housing Wire

What will the housing market look like in 2025? We already see many signals for what to expect, including last week’s data on inventory , new listings and price reductions, which I analyze below. For a more comprehensive look, read our 2025 Housing Market Forecast covering home prices, home sales volumes and more.

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What rising inventory means for the 2025 housing market

Housing Wire

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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Will 2025 finally be a “normal” housing market?

Housing Wire

As we look into 2025, the question everyone is asking is: Do we have a new era starting? What can the data today tell us about signals for growth or weakness after the new year? New listings on trend Nationally, there were just 31,000 new listings for single-family homes from the last week which included Thanksgiving weekend.

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Will Home Sales Increase in 2025?

Appraisal Buzz

According to Zillows estimate, a prediction of gradually falling mortgage rates in 2025 portends modest growth in both sales and home price appreciation. By 2025, that figure ought to increase somewhat to 4.16 In 2025, home prices are expected to increase by 2.2%, which is exactly in line with the 2.3% 28 New York $680,934 7.0%