US EditionHigh Mortgage Rates Are Still Impacting Home Sales in 2025
- The U.S. housing market in 2024-2025 experienced record-high home prices and the fewest home sales since 1995, with existing sales at a 30-year low.
- This slump followed a background of ten Federal Reserve interest rate hikes from 2022 to 2024, pushing mortgage rates from 3% to over 6%, sharply increasing monthly payments.
- Additional factors worsening the market include rising insurance premiums, tariffs increasing new home prices by about $10,900, demographic shifts, and record homelessness amid reduced federal housing supports.
- In early 2025, home prices rose 60% since 2019, reaching a median of $412,500 in 2024, while costly mortgages and economic pressures discouraged potential buyers and prolonged home market listings.
- Consequently, the homeownership rate fell for the first time in eight years in 2024, rental populations grew by 848,000, and state and local governments faced increased roles amid concerns about affordability and federal support withdrawal.
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High mortgage rates are still impacting home sales in 2025 | News Channel 3-12
High mortgage rates are still impacting home sales in 2025 Spring usually brings with it open houses, moving vans and new mortgages. But for many would-be homebuyers, this year’s homebuying season felt more like Groundhog Day. Ever since interest rates for mortgages climbed from 3% following the COVID-19 pandemic to over 6% starting in late 2022, home sales in the U.S. have cooled to a level not seen in decades. Over the past 30 years, it’s been…
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High mortgage rates are still impacting home sales in 2025
Experian reports high mortgage rates continue to suppress home sales, with fewer than 4 million homes sold in 2024, the lowest since 1995.
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New York home sales drop nearly 11 percent in May
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