2024 home buying season will be better than 2023: Economist

As mortgage rates ease, Redfin Head of Economic Research Chen Zhao joined Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the 2024 housing outlook after a “largely frozen” 2023 market.
Zhao expects next year’s homebuying season to be “better” than 2023 when inventory was low, rates were high, and prices sidelined buyers. As those headwinds abate, she anticipates a “transactions increase” in housing sales.
After a rapid acceleration in prices during the pandemic, Zhao predicts a 1% decline in prices for 2024. Zhao argues given high mortgage rates and high prices, housing has “hit a ceiling for affordability,” and, as a result, prices can’t really move much higher.
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