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2025 Housing Market Outlook – The REconomy Podcast^™

Mark and Odeta discuss the outlook for the 2025 housing market, including their expectations for mortgage rates, affordability, sales and house prices in the year ahead.
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Why are Mortgage Rates Increasing when the Federal Reserve is Cutting Rates?

Higher inflation sent bond yields, and therefore mortgage rates, soaring. But how do shifts in global demand for U.S. Treasury bonds impact mortgage rates, and what’s the outlook for rates in 2025?
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Odeta Kushi

Deputy Chief Economist
What Will the CRE Recovery Look Like in 2025?

The commercial real estate (CRE) market has suffered through a turbulent two and a half years. Heading into 2025, however, it appears to be on the precipice of a recovery. But what will that recovery look like, and how long will it last?

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Xander Snyder

Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist

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2025 Housing Market Outlook – The REconomy Podcast™

REconomy

Why are Mortgage Rates Increasing when the Federal Reserve is Cutting Rates?

Odeta Kushi

What Will the CRE Recovery Look Like in 2025?

Xander Snyder

Recent Blog Posts

Data Center

2025 Housing Market Outlook – The REconomy Podcast^™