After a year of bidding wars and record-high prices, heres whats changing for homebuyers in 2022 – USA TODAY

Housing market: What next for mortgage rates, home prices in 2022

  • A substantial share of homebuyers won’t move to places where laws conflict with their beliefs.
  • 30-year mortgage rates could rise from 3% to 3.6% by the end of 2022.
  • A typical homeowner could gain another $15,000 in housing wealth.

What was the most overused word for the U.S. housing market in 2021? 

Hot.

How else could you describe a year when the surge in home prices reached 18% year-over-year in October, the highest recorded increase in the 45-year history of CoreLogic’s home price index? And this year is also on track to become the first time that total residential housing transactions exceed $2 trillion, according to CoreLogic. 

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