Part 2: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-February 2025

Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Part 2: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-February 2025

A brief excerpt:

Earlier this week, in Part 1: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-February 2025 I reviewed home inventory, housing starts and sales.

In Part 2, I will look at house prices, mortgage rates, rents and more.

Case-Shiller House Prices IndicesThe Case-Shiller National Index increased 3.8% year-over-year (YoY) in November and will be about the same YoY – or slightly higher – in the December report (based on other data).

Other measures of house prices suggest prices will be up about the same – or maybe a little higher – YoY in the December Case-Shiller index as in the November report.

There is much more in the article.