Year-ahead outlooks are always tricky, and housing market experts are not immune from making reasonable forecasts in December that fall apart by the first quarter of the following year.

Still, it's worth listening to what people in the industry are expecting --- particularly when there's some consensus for what's likely to happen in 2025. To that end, we've rounded up some industry perspectives on several of the issues Americans care most about in the housing market, from rates to sales volumes.

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