Melody Wright Predictions

Housing Analyst

Track Melody Wright's public market predictions and forecast accuracy. Each prediction is recorded from the date it was published to its estimated deadline, then graded correct or wrong based on the outcome.

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Melody Wright US Housing Market By Q4 2026, distressed home sales will increase significantly compared to previously seen levels.
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[0:07] we're going to round the corner to Q4 and we're going to have a lot more distressed sales than we've seen uh previously.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-07-19 2026-12-31 pending
Melody Wright US Housing Market The current housing market correction will be worse than the Global Financial Crisis correction on a peak-to-trough basis.
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[1:39] Yes, I still believe that because there's no buyers. um there's no buyers and so the general state of the housing market right now is that the selling season was an extreme disappointment for everyone... I do believe that this will be likely worse than what we went through because of our demographics and because the institutional investors, you know, kind of bailed us out last time by buying up those homes to do long-term rental.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-07-19 2030-12-31 pending
Melody Wright US Housing Market Foreclosure sales will increase significantly by Q1 2027.
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[13:57] we are going to see an increase and a significant one by Q1 of foreclosure sales.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-07-19 2027-03-31 pending
Melody Wright US Housing Market The number of major markets with year-over-year home price declines will continue to expand beyond the current 41 of the top 100 markets.
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[9:28] already K. Schiller has seen in 41 of the largest 100 markets in the country year-over-year price declines. And so, like, let's take my series. Last year, there were 23 year-over-year in June. This, you know, there's 32 this year. So this thing is just it's moving Adam is just moving very very slowly

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Thoughtful Money 2026-07-19 2026-12-31 pending
Melody Wright US Housing Market US home prices will decline 10-12% in the first wave of correction over the next couple of years
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[27:36] I think the first wave will be you know significant wave probably the first 10 to 12% will happen over the next couple of years.

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The Julia La Roche Show 2026-05-14 2028-05-14 pending
Melody Wright US Housing Market US home prices will ultimately correct 35-50% from current levels over a multi-year period
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[18:22] what that means is likely about a 35 to 50% correction depending on where you are... I think at this point it's very likely... this is going to take a very long time to happen.

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The Julia La Roche Show 2026-05-14 2036-05-14 pending
Melody Wright US Housing Market Foreclosure sales will increase significantly by the end of 2026
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[29:54] we are going to start to see foreclosure sales go up significantly by the end of this year.

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The Julia La Roche Show 2026-05-14 2026-12-31 pending
Melody Wright US Housing Market Prime mortgage delinquencies (Fannie and Freddie) will continue to rise, spreading weakness beyond FHA loans
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[20:42] we're starting to see our first prime weakness now. So, FHA had been the driver... But now, what you're starting to see is the Prime books. That's Fanny and Freddy, and this should be pristine credit. And now, what they've done over the past several years... now you're seeing it on in the agency books. Um like it's happening.

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The Julia La Roche Show 2026-05-14 2027-05-14 pending
Melody Wright US Housing Market A material surge in foreclosure sales will occur by Q4 2026
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[36:52] and then by Q4 uh you are going to have a material population as those people that called in November um are basically uh cuz those three months they didn't pay their trial payments they're al they're going that would have to go into the forbearance. So, right around Q4 after the election is when you're going to start to see uh and I'm not laughing about this, it's just the data just got really interesting and and so but you're you're going to start to see a real material buildup of sales.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-05-06 2026-12-31 pending
Melody Wright US Housing Market US home prices will decline approximately 35% nationally from peak
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[20:57] Again, you still think nationally prices could go down somewhere in the 35% range. And nationally, we're still what I mean, are we even down more than a%? We're not even negative yet.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-05-06 2028-12-31 pending
Melody Wright US Housing Market US home prices will fail to peak in June 2026 as they normally do seasonally, signaling continued price weakness
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[21:43] Um, but when I saw that Freddy Mack home price index, um, I I I think it was yesterday or two days ago, I was like, 'Oh, no.' like this this actually could we could for the first time in many many many years not peak out completely in June.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-05-06 2026-08-31 pending
Melody Wright US Housing Market The Midwest housing market correction will happen faster than other regions as the data center speculation bust drives a rapid inventory and price correction
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[18:05] so it's we're going to see that correction and it could actually happen a little bit faster in the Midwest because I think their realization will come faster.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-05-06 2027-12-31 pending
Melody Wright US Housing Market Austin housing market has not bottomed and will continue declining
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[20:20] I don't think we've hit the bottom. I think a lot of people are saying we've hit the bottom in San Francisco. Um I think if we have any sort of correction and uh any of these stocks like Nvidia like the B we haven't even begun there. So I think we're again at this sort of turning point. Um but no I don't think Austin is dawn. I really don't.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-05-06 2027-12-31 pending