Real Estate Experts ELI5

This podcast summarizes key trends in the 2024 US real estate market.

Record-high home prices coincided with a severe housing affordability crisis, impacting the 2024 election. High mortgage interest rates slowed sales despite a seller's market. Regional variations existed, with the Sun Belt experiencing strong growth. A Supreme Court ruling significantly altered regulations, and predictions for 2025 suggest continued focus on affordability and seller behavior.

Real Estate Experts ELI5

Is a multi-family housing crisis on the horizon?

This podcast dives deep into the forces shaping the commercial real estate market, particularly multi-family housing, and explores what 2025 and beyond might hold.

We analyze expert predictions on the impact of rising interest rates, massive debt maturities, and historical property cycles.

Featuring insights from Fitch Ratings on bank exposure, Grant Cardone's strategies for capitalizing on distressed properties using debt service coverage ratios, Fred Harrison's 18-year property cycle theory predicting a market peak and crash, and Ken McElroy's perspective on opportunities in distressed commercial real estate, this podcast provides crucial information for investors, homeowners, and anyone interested in understanding the future of housing.

Will 2025 bring a wave of foreclosures and distressed sales? Tune in to find out.

Real Estate Experts ELI5

Join us for a no-nonsense deep dive into what the 2025 housing market could look like with housing interest rates going up, even while the Fed tries to cut rates.

We're cutting through the jargon to explain Fannie Mae's forecasts for 2025, why your neighbor's house isn't selling, why new construction is booming in the Sun Belt, and whether you should keep renting or take the plunge into buying.

In this episode, we break down the five major forces shaping real estate: sticky mortgage rates above 6%, why existing homeowners are playing "mortgage rate lockdown," the surprising bright spot in new home construction, what's really happening with home prices, and the state of the rental market.

Plus, we'll explore how the Federal Reserve's latest moves are reshaping the real estate landscape and what it means for your wallet.

Whether you're a first-time homebuyer, a current homeowner wondering about your next move, or just trying to make sense of the housing market, this episode offers clear, practical insights into what 2025 has in store.

No real estate degree required – just straight talk real estate topics explained like I'm five.