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After several years of recession in the housing market, in 2025 it was expected to witness a significant improvement in the market. However, sticky inflation, commercial wars, and stagnation fears waved on the horizon, and the fluctuation of the financial market kept the mortgage rates higher than the expected housing sales.
The mortgage rate forecast has fluctuated with economic developments, inflation expectations, and the performance of the treasury, but most of them now estimate that prices will come down to nearly 6 % by the end of 2026.
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Although it is still not clear how the second half of the year will be issued in terms of inflation and the interest rate strategy at the Federal Reserve, many of them hope that the housing market will improve the low interest rates, inventory increase and sales rise.
Buyer buyer, however, has not yet captured.
In an exclusive interview with Thestreeet, the financial teacher, Dave Ramsey, is involved in how to develop the housing market during the next year, and what the home buyers should watch them.
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Dave Ramsey explains that low mortgage rates are the key to flourishing home sales
Many home buyers indicate the inability to afford costs due to home prices and high mortgage rates such as The main barrier in front of the ownership of the houses.
Raising the acute height in mortgage rates in 2022 the cost of buying a house, inhibiting the buyer’s buyer. Most buyers await a low mortgage rate to a lower and more acceptable level before adhering to the purchase of a house.
Ramsey highlights that slightly low mortgage rates may be sufficient to stimulate housing activity again.
“Well, it seems that there is a pent -up request,” he said. “People were sitting on the margin, and quoting, waiting for prices to go down. They will not be because there are no large number of supply.”
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Although mortgage rates may decrease soon, home prices are unlikely to decrease significantly. The rate of home growth is the slowdown, however JP Morgan expects home prices to rise by 3 % In 2025.
However, mortgage rates that drop up to one percent to less than 6 % will be an incentive for buyers to re -insert the market.
Ramsey said: “I do not think that the prices of homes will decrease. If the interest rates will come down from one or two points, I think we will see the thing that shoots it, I think some people sitting on the margin will jump in the game,” Ramsey said.
Dave Ramsey expects to improve buyer’s confidence and low mortgage rates in the near future
Although Homebuyer’s confidence is the key to canceling Gridlock’s position in the housing market, the recent trade war tensions resulting from the Trump administration’s mutual tariff sent the markets to the tail and confidence of the consumer.
Several months after the decrease in consistent mortgage rate, Prices jumped to 6.76 % Last week. Ramsey predicts that there are 50/50 chance homebuyers negatively interact with customs tariffs and high prices.
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“From the perspective of consumer confidence, they seem to be awaiting mortgage rates to decline.” “Perhaps the prices on the other side will be a termination of customs tariffs, as consumers say,” Oh, I don’t know if I buy a house in the middle of all of this. “If these things are calming, you will also reduce the housing market.”
As for the mortgage rate expectations, Ramsey is optimistic that they will eventually decrease and achieve relief for home buyers, although the market is continuing.
“I have already expected, wrong, that we will be in a good boom market now,” explained. “So I don’t know if I know what I am saying right or not, but they will most likely fall. I am just a man full of glass, so I am looking for this market to return.”
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