Should You Buy a Home in 2025? 10 Expert Tips to Help You Decide

The prospect of homeownership has felt increasingly out of reach in the last few years. Prospective buyers face multiple obstacles: soaring mortgage rates, stubbornly high home prices and a scarcity of available homes for sale. Will 2025 finally bring some relief? Housing affordability isn't likely to improve dramatically this year, but there are reasons to be hopeful. Though every local market has different challenges, experts predict slight improvements in inventory levels and home prices. "Overall, buyers can expect a competitive market, but one that offers slightly more opportunities than in recent years," said Jeb Smith, licensed real estate agent and member of CNET Money's expert review board That said, the next several months are full of uncertainty. The Trump administration's economic policies will affect the Federal Reserve's monetary decisions, mortgage rates, construction prices, real estate development and homebuyer sentiment. We talked with several experts about their ... Read full article.