Housing Market 2025 Forecast: Predicting the Real Estate Year Ahead

In an interview on Wharton Business Daily, Susan Wachter – Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate at the Wharton School – recaps what took place in 2024 and offers her 2025 housing market forecast.

Topics and questions covered: 00:00 - Introductions 01:13 - Questions around the commercial vs. residential markets 01:56 - How to improve the residential market, based on mortgage rates 03:56 - Assessing the impact of new home construction 07:08 - Concerns around the commercial market and remote work 10:38 - Multi-family vs. single-family homes 11:31 - How interest rates could decrease and the impact of inflation

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