US Housing Market Predictions

Browse US Housing Market market predictions and forecasts from well-known financial commentators. Each prediction is tracked from the date it was published to its estimated deadline, then graded correct or wrong based on the outcome.

25 forecasts 14 commentators 25% accuracy 1 correct 3 wrong 21 pending
25 forecasts
Person Subject Forecast* Source Date Deadline** Outcome
Edward Dowd US Housing Market US national housing prices will continue to decline and spread to more markets including blue cities throughout 2026
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[3:56] Housing prices are finally starting to give up the ghost. We had some bad home price declines in March, February, and March... home price declines really started in the south near the border... we're starting to see national prices come down

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Thoughtful Money 2026-05-21 2026-12-31 pending
Ted Oakley US Housing Market Residential real estate will remain depressed for a long time due to demographic dynamics with baby boomers holding properties at unrealistic valuations
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[30:46] Residential I think will be I think it'll be under the water for a long long time because of your demographics. You have this baby boomers that own all the big houses or all the houses and they have this idea in their mind about the house is worth. So they're stuck on it and they and they'll take it off the market and put it back on but it doesn't sell. And we're probably in that situation for a long time now.

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Kitco NEWS 2026-05-19 2030-05-19 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
Stefan Rust US Housing Market Housing prices in major cities like San Francisco, LA, and New York will decline while secondary markets will see price increases
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[15:16] What's happening is big cities, San Francisco, LA, New York are going to see a decline in in housing prices, but we're going to see a rise in housing prices in secondary markets.

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Wealthion 2026-05-07 2027-05-07 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 2026-06-30 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
Ron Butler US Housing Market The US housing market will see a slowdown in new home purchase activity on average
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[4:11] I believe we will see some slowdown in purchase activity again. It's a big big country. There's all kinds of different markets, but I would suggest on average we will see a slowdown in in new home purchase.

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The David Lin Report 2026-04-03 2026-10-03 pending
Nick Gerli US Housing Market Home prices will decline in about half of the US housing market in 2026.
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[2:52] I think we do here at Reventure, Adam. I mean, we have downward forecasts for about half of the US housing market in 2026 based on current data, based on the current data and inventory and days on market. That's not really yet factoring in this recent sales report. And if this demand continues to trend negatively uh like we expected to over the next couple months, I think we're going to probably have to revise down our forecasts in quite a few different states and cities.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-02-17 2026-12-31 pending
Nick Gerli US Housing Market Austin housing market will reach undervalued levels warranting buy signals by middle to end of 2026.
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[4:51] I think probably by the middle to the end of 2026, Reenture might have some buy signals in markets like Austin, uh potentially some markets in Florida where the values have really gone down a lot already.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-02-17 2026-12-31 pending
Jim Welsh US Housing Market Housing prices will come down slowly but surely over the next few years
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[20:48] I think housing prices are in fact going to be coming down uh slowly but surely that will erode the confidence in the spending habits

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The David Lin Report 2026-01-16 2029-01-16 pending
Peter Boockvar US Housing Market Housing rents will accelerate in the second half of 2026 into 2027
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[10:28] we're already sowing the seeds for a further acceleration in rents probably sometime in the back half of next year into 2027

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The David Lin Report 2025-12-18 2027-12-31 pending
Jim Welsh US Housing Market Home prices will decline over the next handful of years
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[15:51] I think home prices over the next handful of years are going to decline.

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The David Lin Report 2025-11-25 2030-12-31 pending
Grant Cardone US Housing Market Rents will double in the next 15 years in America, going from $2,000 to $4,500 per month.
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[0:09] Rents are going to double in the next 15 years in America. They're going to go from 2 grand to 4,500 bucks a month.

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The David Lin Report 2025-10-21 2040-10-21 pending
Mark Zandi US Housing Market Home sales will see slow, steady improvement through 2026 as affordability improves.
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[27:29] I think we're going to see a slow, steady improvement in home sales as affordability, while still really poor, is improving and we should see some more transactions.

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The David Lin Report 2025-10-13 2026-12-31 pending
Danielle DiMartino Booth US Housing Market Home prices will decline
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[17:54] we're going to see home prices decline.

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The David Lin Report 2025-10-02 2026-12-31 pending
Glenn Kelman US Housing Market Housing prices will face continued downward pressure through the end of the year
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[13:58] that means that there will be continued downward pressure on prices

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The David Lin Report 2025-09-30 2025-12-31

Housing prices did not face sustained downward pressure through end of 2025. The FHFA HPI showed prices rose 1.8% year-over-year in Q4 2025 and up 0.8% quarter-over-quarter. Case-Shiller (seasonally adjusted) rose for five consecutive months through December, with the national index up 1.3% year-over-year. While the back half of 2025 saw nominal price declines on a non-seasonally-adjusted basis and growth decelerated significantly, prices broadly rose rather than fell. (https://www.fhfa.gov/news/news-release/u.s.-house-prices-rise-1.8-percent-year-over-year-up-0.8-percent-quarter-over-quarter)

Mark Zandi US Housing Market US housing values will at best remain flat nationwide, with half of markets experiencing declines
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[19:38] housing values at best go flat nationwide which means some markets half the markets in the country are going to experience declines.

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The David Lin Report 2025-05-01 2025-12-31

National home values are up just 0.1% (essentially flat), and West Coast/SunBelt markets are seeing declines. J.P. Morgan forecasts 0% nationally for 2026.

Felix Zulauf US Housing Market US real estate and home prices have peaked
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[27:02] I think uh US real estate is uh has peaked again it had a good run in the last few years but real estate home prices have peaked.

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The David Lin Report 2025-04-19 2026-06-30

The prediction claimed US real estate home prices have peaked (bearish), but VNQ rose 17.9% from $81.78 to a period high of $97.37, indicating prices did not peak but instead continued rising significantly.

Chris Vermeulen US Housing Market US home prices will drop another 15-20% on average
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[34:47] I think we're going to see home prices drop another 15 to 20% uh on average across the board

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The David Lin Report 2025-04-15 2026-04-15

The prediction claimed a 15-20% drop in home prices, but the period low of $81.62 represents only a 1.93% decline from the prediction date price of $83.23, falling far short of the claimed 15-20% magnitude.