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Home prices may grow moderately in 2026 due to stable demand and limited housing supply. Mortgage rates will be a key driver—declines could boost sales, while increases may cool demand.

U.S. home prices are projected to decline by 0.9% by Early-Q2 2026. The forecast reverses earlier predictions of price increases, signaling a cooling housing market.

Mortgage rates have hovered between 6.8%–7% despite ongoing geopolitical and economic volatility. Economists say rates must drop below 6.75% to effectively revive homebuyer demand. Mortgage rates expected to remain above 6.5% for most of 2025.

Mortgage rates stayed high longer than expected, suppressing home sales despite slight 2025 growth. National home prices rose just 0.55% mid-2025, marking softest growth in many years.

home prices ↓ 0.1% in June, third monthly drop 30 of top 50 metros saw declines; DC led with ↓ 1.8% Year-over-year growth slowed to 3.4%, lowest since June 2023 High mortgage rates, job cuts, and ↑ inventory deter buyers Home prices expected to dip another ~1% by year-end.

New Home Sales surged to 743K, beating the forecast of 694K and prior 670K figures. This 73K month-over-month gain marks one of the sharpest increases in recent housing data trends.

The Federal Reserve projects the federal funds rate to decline to 3.1% in 2027. The CBO expects a similar trend, estimating 3.7% in late 2025 and 3.4% in late 2026.

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