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What rising inventory means for the 2025 housing market

Housing Wire

As the year draws to a close, available unsold inventory of homes on the market is nearly 27% greater than a year ago. Almost every market in the country has more homes available now than at the end of 2023. Ten states have more inventory unsold than in 2019, which was the last sort of normal year before the pandemic.

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Zillow, Fannie Mae diverge on 2025 housing market predictions

Housing Wire

Zillow also reported that, after a tumultuous five years, many measures of the housing market are trending closer to historic norms. Notably, while the flow of new listings to the market is still nearly 14% lower than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, its much improved to compared to the deficit of 25% in March 2024.

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Housing market pauses for election

Housing Wire

Inventory, new listings, sales, and prices all dipped this week. It’s actually not uncommon for housing activity to dip for the first week of November and rebound a bit in the following week. It’s actually not uncommon for housing activity to dip for the first week of November and rebound a bit in the following week.

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How 7% mortgage rates will change housing for a decade

Housing Wire

Heading into the 2025 housing market, we havent had this many homeowners with mortgage rates over 6% since 2016. Available inventory of homes for sale fell each year as more and more borrowers had this cheap financing. 2016 ended with 14% less available inventory than the year before. of outstanding mortgages, around 8.7

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What Fed rate cuts in 2024 will mean for homebuyers

Housing Wire

The housing market cheered as the Federal Reserve signaled interest rate cuts next year after making a series of rapid rate hikes starting in 2022. For 2026, Fed officials projected rates to fall below 3% by the end of 2026 through three more quarter percentage point reductions. in 2025, indicating four more 25 bps cuts.

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Pending Home Sales Climb to Highest Level Since March

Appraisal Buzz

Pending house sales are a good indicator of market conditions and typically follow existing home sales by one to two months. According to the Realtor.com and WSJ Housing Market Ranking, homebuyers have focused on mid-sized, reasonably priced regions in the Midwest and Northeast, even if housing prices are still high.

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How HousingWire’s 2025 market forecast compares to others

Housing Wire

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% million).

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