About this episode

The episode discusses significant changes in housing market forecasts from major organizations and reviews Dave's own predictions for 2026.

New 2026 housing market forecasts have changed…dramatically. A major downgrade for home sales from NAR, a home price forecast revision from Zillow, and a new mortgage rate range from Fannie Mae. The industry is quickly growing much more anxious. At the start of the year, the consensus was for modest price growth, lower mortgage rates, and improved home sale numbers—that’s not where we’re at right now. Between inflation fears resurfacing, interest rates climbing again, and major geopolitical earthquakes, just months into the year, real estate forecasters are changing course. Today, we’re going through all the top forecasts for home prices, mortgage rates, and home sales from Fannie Mae, JP Morgan, NAR, and Zillow. But what about Dave’s 2026 forecast? How has it held up through wars, oil price spikes, and a changing Federal Reserve? Dave reviews his exact 2026 housing market forecast and whether he would change it now. In This Episode We Cover Updated home sales, home price, and mortgage rate predictions from major players in real estate Zillow’s latest home price downgrade and why we’re inching toward falling home values NAR slashes their home sales forecast significantly, but…

People in this episode

Host: Dave

Topics covered

• housing market forecasts
• home sales predictions
• mortgage rates
• real estate
• economic climate

Keywords

• housing market
• home prices
• mortgage rates
• real estate forecasts
• NAR
• Zillow
• Fannie Mae
• economic predictions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zillow, NAR, Fannie Mae, JP Morgan

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