Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Home prices in 2025 are a couple percentage points above where they were last year at this time. Lets say we see a massive spike in unemployment this spring in 2025. At the left end of the chart is the purple line for 2025. Here in the spring of 2025, home prices are a little higher than a year ago, but barely.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

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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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

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? Lets look at last weeks data and see if we can tease out the signals for impact on the 2025 housing market.

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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. HW: What housing trends do you think will continue in 2025 and why? Home building is expected to increase in 2025.

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Appraisal Buzz

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

trillion of outstanding commercial mortgages held by lenders and investors will mature in 2025, a 3% increase from the $929 billion that matured in 2024. Among loans backed by industrial properties, 22% will come due in 2025, as will 24% of office property loans and 35% of hotel/motel loans. first appeared on The MortgagePoint.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

According to real estate data provider Attom , homebuyers may face more challenges heading into 2025. In related news, mortgage delinquencies were also up in October, indicating a downturn as the housing market shifts into 2025. Attom released its October 2024 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report on Tuesday.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

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. Since government jobs were a significant contributor to job growth data last year, achieving similar results in 2025 will be challenging.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

26, 2025 and hear Daryl Fairweather in person. The summit is designed to give you a comprehensive understanding of the economic factors driving the housing market in 2025 and what it all means for your business. Register today to attend the Housing Economic Summit in Dallas, on Feb.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — the regulatory body that oversees communications across a wide variety of media including radio, telephone and the internet — announced that new rules related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) will go into effect in April 2025. The Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act of 2024, a U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Related articles The best real estate brokerage software for 2025 The best real estate software for 2025: 17 top picks for agents + teams Recruiting real estate agents: A complete roadmap for 2025 Real estate advice + top tech, lead gen & marketing tools delivered to your inbox.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

There are three big trends in the spring 2025 housing market: Supply continues to build. 2025 has more homes on the market with price cuts than any March in the last decade. Thats right about what well end 2025 with also. And the 2025 path is one of higher inventory. Weve been talking about this for several months now.

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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. Additionally, many of the big banks follow what the Fed is doing, so there’s a lot of supply and demand dynamics influencing things.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2025

In 2025, mortgage rates have stayed stubbornly high for yet another spring buying season. Our 2025 housing market predictions are based on the assumption that lower mortgage rates will spur demand and boost the number of homes sales transactions. Additionally, there are significantly fewer immediate sales happening in 2025.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 13, 2025

If 2025 follows the seasonal trends of the past few years, sellers who list their property this week may see more buyers in the market, sell their home more quickly, and receive an average of $27,000 more than they would at the beginning of the year. higher than the beginning of the year and 1.1% more than the average week of the year.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Lets take a look at the data for the third week of January 2025. In 2025, the price appreciation curve is flatter still. Heres one bright spot 2025 is the third year of flattish home-price changes. After a little burst of strength a few months ago, many of the home-price metrics have gradually flattened from a year prior.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

as findings from the 2025 ServiceLink State of Homebuying Report show that 47% of respondents plan to purchase a home this year. 67% of this group say they plan to buy in 2025. There is still a healthy appetite for homeownership in the U.S.,

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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.

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Housing Wire

MAY 5, 2025

Intercontinental Exchange ‘s May 2025 Mortgage Monitor Report, released Monday, found that first-time homebuyers accounted for a record share of agency purchase lending (58%) in the first quarter 2025. They accounted for a record 82% of agency lending in 2023, more than 75% in 2024 and nearly three-quarters in Q1 2025.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2025

Continuing this momentum into 2025 is a priority for many in the reverse mortgage space, according to conversations with leaders at various industry lenders. The collaboration is so strong, and well continue to drive that opportunity in 2025, she said. She expects that momentum to continue this year.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2025

trillion boost to the economy by 2025. A 2025 economy that measures and manages by 1989 rules. And when this is the case, women are the likely parent to exit the workforce. If women participated in the workforce at the same rate as men, the U.S. could see a $4.3 Home prices are climbing, and mortgage rates remain elevated. The result?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

As you plan your 2025, its important to be intentional about including self-development activities. After all, our business will only grow as much as we do as business owners. With hundreds of books to choose from, it can be overwhelming to know which one will truly have a positive impact on your life and your business.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2025

In beating its estimates for funded loan volume and by posting a profit in the first quarter of 2025, reverse mortgage lender Finance of America (FOA) saw its volume improve by nearly one-third compared to numbers from Q4 2024. The company is maintaining a bullish outlook for business in the months ahead. This includes $2.4 billion to $2.7

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Housing Wire

APRIL 21, 2025

A majority of agents believe 2025 is going to be a great year for the housing market, with 85% saying they have an optimistic outlook , and 70% believing the market will be more stable, according to a new survey from Clever Real Estate.

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Housing Wire

MAY 10, 2025

However, amid all the chaotic economic headlines of 2025 so far, the demand for mortgages is holding steady, even with the higher rates. Weekly housing inventory data The most encouraging development in the housing market for 2024 and 2025 is the increase in inventory. Tradtionally, total volumes tend to fall after May.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2025

So well end 2025 back in much more normal levels of unsold inventory on average across the country. This is it were roughly at peak housing market for 2025 right now. So next weeks data or maybe mid-June will show the most new listings of 2025. Ive got news for you: that ain’t happening in 2025.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

Fannie Mae upwardly revised forecasts in its May 2025 Economic and Housing Outlook, reflecting modest improvements in economic growth expectations, as well as mortgage rates and home sales projections. in 2025 and 2% in 2026 on an annualized basis. in 2025, consistent with last months forecast. trillion in 2025 and $2.38

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

Mortgage rates have reached the lowest levels of the year today as the 10-year yield dropped significantly on tariff news. The stock market reacted negatively to the news regarding tariffs, resulting in significant selling and a shift towards the bond market.

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2025

As earnings results wrap up for the first quarter of 2025, here’s a rundown of what’s happened at the major lenders, brokerages, listing portals and title firms. Mortgage Better leans on AI, sees first profitable month since 2022 May 13 Blend talks Rocket-Mr.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2025

2025 has been much different. Here is the weekly data for 2025: 6 positive readings 3 negative readings 3 flat prints In general, we have noted encouraging year-over-year growth in most of the weekly purchase apps data for 2025. As we can see, the outlook for 2025 appears to be different.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A majority of agents believe 2025 is going to be a great year for the housing market. Around 85% have an optimistic outlook , and 70% believe the market will be more stable, according to a new survey from Clever Real Estate.

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Appraisal Buzz

APRIL 10, 2025

ATTOM has issued its Q1 2025 U.S. properties with a foreclosure filings during Q1 of 2025, up 11% from the previous quarter, but down 2% from a year ago. The Q1 2025 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings in the month of March 2025 alone, up 11% from the previous month and up 9% year-over-year.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2025

Earlier this year, when mortgage rates soared to 7.26%, a cloud of worry hung over the housing market many feared that home sales would tumble in 2025, fueled by concerns about inflation and tariffs. In 2025, mortgage rates have ranged between 7.26%-6.64%. However, our shorter weekly contract data lines are showing improvement.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 27, 2025

Our team of agents, brokers and marketing pros thoroughly tested each app to vet their image quality, features, ease of use and pricing. You can see the results in our test images below. Or, you can stage a home with traditional decor to look more modern or vice versa. The possibilities for creative real estate marketing are endless!

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Housing Wire

MAY 15, 2025

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

With the labor market cooling down particularly in the private non-farm payroll data can this sector be completely ignored in 2025? However, those factors are becoming increasingly precarious as we move into 2025. This is why Sarah and I recently discussed this being the wild card for housing in 2025. We will soon find out.

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Housing Wire

MAY 7, 2025

In 2025, despite a lot of negative economic headlines, mortgage purchase application data has shown positive year-over-year growth for 14 consecutive weeks. According to the MBA purchase application data chart below, there is positive year-to-date data for 2025 and positive year-over-year growth recorded in 2025.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

” Palim continued: “The housing market in 2025 faces a difficult balancing act, with a notable decline in mortgage rates likely needed to help unwind the lock-in effect and thaw the supply of existing homes for sale. home-price appreciation for calendar year 2025. home-price appreciation for calendar year 2025.

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