The 2025 real estate marketplace is marked by significant shifts, offering both opportunities and challenges for buyers and sellers. Buyers are frustrated with home prices and mortgage rates. A lot of home sellers are pricing their home too high, ignoring the advice of their real estate agent.
Based on recent reports and projections, here’s a summary of key real estate sales statistics for 2025:
- Home prices: While home prices are expected to continue rising, the pace of growth is projected to be slower than in previous years; experts predict moderate price increases, with some forecasting a 3% overall rise
- Inventory: While inventory levels are improving, they are still below historical averages despite there being a surplus of 500,000 homes currently on the market
- Mortgage rates: Mortgage rates are expected to moderate or ease slightly in 2025, but a substantial decrease is unlikely — most industry leaders do not think we will ever see rates as low as 2-4% again; forecasts suggest rates may settle in the low-to-mid 6% range
- Tariffs: The ongoing impact of tariffs and economic uncertainty also contributes to the market’s unpredictability
Current real estate trends have had a drastic impact on the property management industry. With 35% of American households renting their homes and the nationwide home ownership rate continuing to drop (down 0.5%), there are more people in the market than ever before. As the market continues to grow there are more real estate investors and property managers getting into the industry and trying to figure out the best ways to conduct business properly and follow all the laws.
Additionally, discrimination claims are on the rise due to the ever-evolving definition of a disability as well as what is defined as an emotional support animal. In 2023, fair housing complaint allegations reached a peak of 34,150 and has seen a slight increase again leading into 2024. Disability complaints totaled about 53% of all the complaints that were filed. The rest were sprinkled among the other protected classes.
What does this mean for both real estate agents and property managers? As the definition of a disability continues to change and evolve, it is important for both to continuously review and improve their standards and training materials. It is also important for the newer investors and property managers to fully understand the law to ensure they are following guidelines and not discriminating against individuals.
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