Category Archives: National Real Estate

What the ‘experts’ think

From Robb Report: Here’s How the Real Estate Market Will Fare Next Year, According to 2025 Housing Forecasts As 2024 draws to a close, it’s time for buyers, sellers, and renters to prepare for what the housing market will have … Continue reading

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NJ market at risk?

From Newsweek: House Prices Could Fall in Three ‘Vulnerable’ States The housing market is vulnerable to decline in parts of the country with analysis suggesting that prices are more at risk of falling in three specific areas. Real estate experts … Continue reading

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5 predictions for 2025

From CNBC: What to watch for in 2025 housing market predictions  Housing is not cheap — whether you’re buying or renting.  In October, the median sales price for a single-family home in the U.S. was $437,300, up from $426,800 a month prior, according to the … Continue reading

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Forecast down?

From Seeking Alpha: US home prices expected to fall further than previously forecast, Fannie Mae says U.S. home prices are expected to slow further than previously forecast next year and in 2026, according to Fannie Mae’s (OTCQB:FNMA) latest Home Prices Expectations … Continue reading

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NJ takes top spot in price growth

From CoreLogic: US Home Price Insights –  December 2024 Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased year over year by 3.4% in October 2024 compared with October 2023. On a month-over-month basis, home prices increased by 0.02% in October 2024 … Continue reading

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Welcome to prediction season!

From Business Insider: 4 predictions for the US housing market in 2025, according to Zillow Here are four predictions Zillow has for next year’s market. 1. Rising home sales Olsen said the housing market was slowly becoming “unstuck,” a trend … Continue reading

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Prices slowing?

From MarketWatch: Home-price growth has ‘stalled,’ Case-Shiller says  Home prices in the 20 biggest U.S. metropolitan areas lost more steam in September, buckling under the pressure of high mortgage rates and historic unaffordability. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city house-price index … Continue reading

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Rethinking outdated public notice requirements

From the Real Deal: As print publications dwindle, real estate struggles to meet public notice requirements  New Jersey’s largest newspaper, the Star-Ledger, announced last month it would cease print editions beginning early next year. It marks a loss not just … Continue reading

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October sales … UP!

From CNBC: Home sales surged in October, just before mortgage rates jumped A sharp drop in mortgage rates brought homebuyers off the fence in October after a slow summer. Sales of previously owned homes last month rose 3.4% from September … Continue reading

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Greedy boomers living too long

From Fortune: The ‘Oracle of Wall Street’ says home prices need to fall 20% to end the ‘generational schism’ Baby boomers own more homes than millennials and Gen Zers, creating a “generational schism” in the world of housing, according to … Continue reading

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Home Insurance Spiking Across US

From Fast Company: The housing market’s home insurance shock, as told by an interactive map Over the past few years, many housing markets have experienced a home insurance shock. Part of this is due to insurance models reassessing disaster risks, while … Continue reading

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Basement Voters Swing Election?

From Fortune: Top real-estate CEO suggests some young people might have voted for Trump because they’re sick of living in their parents’ basements “The young voters who, after years living in their parents’ basement, swung right in this election, will … Continue reading

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Florida falls first?

From the NY Post: Florida’s crumbling home prices haven’t been this bad since 2011 Florida’s sun-soaked southwestern coast, known for its wealthy enclaves and retirement appeal, is grappling with the steepest home price drops in more than a decade.  From Sarasota’s luxury … Continue reading

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Seller and Buyer Profiles

From the NAR: Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers 2024 First-time home buyers in the last year shrunk to an historic low of just 24 percent of all buyers. Prior to 2008, the share of first-time buyers had a historical … Continue reading

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No Crash?

From Bankrate: Is the housing market going to crash? What the experts are saying The U.S. housing market had finally started slowing in late 2022, and home prices seemed poised for a correction. But a strange thing happened on the … Continue reading

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