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Will housing activity recover, or will high mortgage rates keep the market subdued?
Recovery if conditions ease
Activity could regain momentum if the energy shock fades, confidence returns and market rates fall.
And so I think at some point there is like the rates come down and meet that leveling off of all those prices converging. And my hope is that it's going to be early next year.
This suggests that activity should regain momentum in the quarters ahead providing the energy shock fades and confidence returns - especially if market interest rates fall back to pre-conflict levels.
Elevated or rapidly rising rates can restrain demand and leave sales and construction subdued.
One concern is that because rates are still elevated and you know, we're not building a lot of apartments or rental units that eventually rent inflation will take off again.
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Housing activity may regain momentum if energy pressures ease and interest rates fall, while elevated rates and weak construction remain constraints.
This suggests that activity should regain momentum in the quarters ahead providing the energy shock fades and confidence returns - especially if market interest rates fall back to pre-conflict levels.
One concern is that because rates are still elevated and you know, we're not building a lot of apartments or rental units that eventually rent inflation will take off again.
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Openin the quarters aheadCheck on 30 Jun 2027
This suggests that activity should regain momentum in the quarters ahead providing the energy shock fades and confidence returns - especially if market interest rates fall back to pre-conflict levels.
And so I think at some point there is like the rates come down and meet that leveling off of all those prices converging. And my hope is that it's going to be early next year.
One concern is that because rates are still elevated and you know, we're not building a lot of apartments or rental units that eventually rent inflation will take off again.
Lower mortgage rates automatically bring more existing homes onto the market.
What the sources show
One view argues lower rates do not necessarily increase active inventory; higher rates can bring more listings instead.
Higher rates do create more inventory. Right. And you could see it here on the active inventory side, but just, you know, if people were thinking about big escalation, it's the closer you get to normal, the harder it is.
What practitioners ahead of the curve say they do now.
Prepare project blueprints in advance so construction can start when a new federal initiative is announced.
Cities that receive the most money are the ones that have finalized their blueprints and can start breaking ground as soon as a new federal initiative is announced.