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U.S. Homes Are Selling at Slowest Pace in 5 Years in Early 2025
According to Redfin, U.S. homes are selling at the slowest pace since the pandemic's onset in early 2020, as high mortgage rates and elevated home prices persist.
Under Biden, 2024 Marked the Slowest U.S. Home Sales Period in 30 Years
In 2024, existing U.S. home sales fell to their lowest annual level since 1995, with just 4.06 million homes sold on an annualized basis. This steep decline was driven by 23-year high mortgage rates, extreme home price inflation, restrictive government regulations, declining consumer sentiment and a shortage of housing inventory.
U.S. Residential Foreclosures Dip 10 Percent Annually in 2024
According to ATTOM's Year-End 2024 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, foreclosure filings--comprising default notices, scheduled auctions, and bank repossessions--were reported on 322,103 U.S. properties in 2024.
Architecture Industry Sees Mixed Signals as 2025 Approaches
While the AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) dipped slightly below 50 in November 2024, the score hovered near the threshold, reflecting an almost equal split between firms reporting increases and decreases in billings.
