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🏡 Fannie Mae’s Five Predictions for 2025 📊
According to Fannie Mae’s 2025 forecast, the housing market will continue to face challenges from 2024, including affordability issues and high mortgage rates. The report outlines five key predictions that will shape the market, offering insight into home sales, price trends, and new construction in the coming year:
1️⃣ Mortgage Rates: 📈 Rates will stay above 6%, with inflation and job market stability preventing significant rate cuts.
2️⃣ Economic Growth: 📉 The economy and employment will decelerate modestly. Inflation will ease but remain above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target until 2026.
3️⃣ Existing-Home Sales: 🏘️ Sales will improve slightly to 4.25 million but remain near 30-year lows due to affordability issues and the lock-in effect, where homeowners keep low-rate mortgages.
4️⃣ New-Home Sales: 🏠✨ Limited existing inventory and strong demand will keep new-home sales robust, with the South and Mountain West dominating new-home sales thanks to favorable land availability and zoning.
5️⃣ Home Prices and Rent: 📉🏡 Home price growth will slow to 3.6%, improving affordability. Multifamily rent growth will remain modest at 2%-2.5%, with construction activity tapering off.
🔮 These insights give a glimpse into the housing trends expected in 2025! Thoughts? Agree or not agree?

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