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8 Economists Predict 2018 Housing Market Trends
HOUSING NEWS REPORT STAFF
Low housing inventory, the new tax reform law, and homeownership rates — primarily among millennials — will dominate the housing market headlines in 2018, according to eight leading economists interviewed by Housing News Report .
We asked each economist seven questions relating to housing trends they expect in 2018, and while there were differing views on the impact of the new tax reform law and what represents the biggest threat to the housing market, all agreed that
interest rates will rise in 2018 along with home prices — albeit at a slower pace than in 2017.
Other key topics touched on by many of the economists included the impact
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