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Will the 2025 housing market crash like 2008?

Housing Wire

housing market is flashing warning signs reminiscent of 2008: rising household debt burdens, persistent inflation and home prices that are outpacing incomes. 2025 housing market risks: Echoes of 2008 Several economic indicators signal increasing risks in the 2025 housing market. Regional market imbalances amplify these risks.

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The two big housing market trends to watch in 2025

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All the housing market data for 2024 is in, and its 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. In the last few months, the market finally saw some sales growth over the previous year.

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Two maps that show where the housing market is struggling

Housing Wire

Industry professionals were full of optimism heading into the spring that the housing market could pick up after a sluggish start to 2025. Existing-home sales are hovering around 4 million and many markets that are typically fruitful for homebuilders have stalled. But more markets are being downgraded from normal to slow.

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Housing market data positive despite Powell’s Grinch act

Housing Wire

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. This positive trend suggests that despite the typical slowdowns, the housing market is showing some promising resilience as we head toward the end of the year!

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Housing market sees record seller-buyer gap

Housing Wire

housing market is experiencing its largest-ever imbalance between home sellers and buyers, with an estimated 1.9 Two years ago, the market favored buyers. housing market has shifted toward buyers, but a lot of sellers have yet to see or accept the writing on the wall,” Asad Khan, a Redfin senior economist, said in a statement.

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One mortgage lender abandons the Florida condo market

Housing Wire

In particular it’s created a glut of 30-plus-year-old units on the market, with few takers. One Florida mortgage broker said the Provident exit gave him “a feeling that we will see other major lenders exiting the condominium market in Florida.

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Rising inventory is the most positive housing market story in 2024

Housing Wire

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. Weekly inventory change (Dec.

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