2025 Housing Market Forecasts – Cantilever Real Estate

Inside the 2025 housing market: inventory growth, affordability pressure, and what comes next

April 11, 2025 by bp56691

In an exclusive HousingWire virtual event, HousingWire President Diego Sanchez led a powerhouse discussion with three of the most respected voices in housing: Ivy Zelman, Logan Mohtashami, and Dale Wettlaufer. The panel dissected the housing market’s current state — marked by rising inventory, affordability challenges, elevated mortgage rates, and investor uncertainty — and what it […]

NAR’s existing-home sales forecast for 2025 gets a haircut

March 21, 2025 by bp56691

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) was one of the more bullish forecasters of the 2025 housing market, but the trade group has revised its outlook.

Barry Habib shares 2025 mortgage forecast at Housing Economic Summit

February 26, 2025 by bp56691

Barry Habib’s highly anticipated 2025 housing market forecast premiered during HousingWire‘s Housing Economic Summit on Wednesday in Dallas. Habib, the CEO of MBS Highway, kicked off his by presentation by referencing his 2024 forecast, telling the crowd of 250-plus that he hit the mark for home price appreciation and predicted lower numbers than expected for […]

Altos founder Mike Simonsen on housing market trends and growth predictions

February 4, 2025 by bp56691

In this week’s episode of the RealTrending podcast, host Tracey Velt is joined by Altos Research founder and president Mike Simonsen to discuss expectations for the housing market and the impact of the Trump administration’s policies.

Home sales are stalled with 7% mortgages

January 20, 2025 by bp56691

Buyer activity has been dropping and the housing market is on hold until mortgage rates drop.

Housing pros forecast stable housing market conditions

January 7, 2025 by bp56691

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. The majority chose “flat” when asked the direction of home sales and home prices. The good news? HousingWire experts are forecasting a more positive outlook for […]

The two big housing market trends to watch in 2025

December 30, 2024 by bp56691

All the housing market data for 2024 is in, and it’s fair to say that the housing market surprised us again! However, there are two big trends that stand out as we launch into 2025 — affordability and sellers in the market. The elephant in the room is affordability. Home prices finished 2024 up a […]