Prashant Gopal, Boomberg News housing reporter
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Prashant Gopal, Boomberg News housing reporter
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Prashant Gopal is a Bloomberg News housing reporter. Bates College grad. Proud dad. Hoarder of vinyl records. Opinions are my own.
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Because I write about the U.S. #housing market for a living, people are always asking about my predictions. Forget that. Here's what smart economists actually think. We surveyed 9 of them.

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The US Housing Market Will Get a Bit More Affordable in 2026
Aspiring homebuyers should find the US housing market slightly more affordable in 2026, even without the benefit of lower mortgage rates.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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US rental market signaling weakness as job insecurity grows. Boston, a famously tight #apartment market, might be the best example. Landlords, desperate to fill units, are offering up to 3 months free. @bloomberg.com

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Boston Rental Market Cools, Leaving Landlords ‘Willing to Do Anything’
Boston real estate agent Jax Crerar is telling landlords to cut rents — fast.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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There's no bounce to the spring home sales season this year. In fact, other than the Covid 19 lockdown in 2020, it's the weakest since 2012. @bloomberg.com

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US Spring Homebuying Season Has Its Weakest Start in Five Years
The crucial spring home-sales season in the US, barely off the runway, is already sputtering.
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May 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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The #housing boom is fading. But uncertainty is so high, even top forecasters admit their crystal balls went cloudy after the tariff wars began. “Sometimes your best forecast is to say you don’t have one.”

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Top Forecasters Warn Housing Market's Days of Big Gains Are Over For Now
Tariff uncertainty and dwindling consumer confidence threatens to pressure the housing market even more than some experts initially expected.
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April 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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The #tariffs have put homebuilders in a tough spot. With costs to build a home projected to rise $12,800, they're weighing ALL options -- including Uber. “I never wanted to be a driver... But I’m open to doing what I have to do.”
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A $12,800 Tariff Hit Has Some Homebuilders Eyeing Side Gigs
Lance Thomas became a homebuilder in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In the years that followed, he got used to economic disruptions — from Covid-19 to sky-high insurance pr...
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April 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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The spring home sales season is arriving under thick economic clouds, high mortgage rates, wavering consumer confidence and tariff wars. It feels little like waiting for Punxsutawney Phil to emerge on Groundhog Day. Will buyers see their own shadow? @bloomberg.com

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US Homebuyers Confront a New Wild Card This Year: Trump
High rates, high prices and the uncertainty of the White House’s policies are looming over the housing market during the most competitive time of year.
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March 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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It has been many years since Tom Waits has performed in public. Correct me if I’m wrong. Maybe on David Letterman a decade ago?
Anyway, here he is in 2025 sounding great!

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Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues (Live 2025)
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March 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Back-and-forth over tariffs has companies unable to trust price stability and risks backing up the supply chain for US homebuilders

Reluctance to pay a tariff which could be changed or canceled any day “freezes these markets up,” said a building material company CEO in Florida

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US Homebuilders Face a Supply Chain Snarl From Tariff Battles
President Donald Trump’s push for tariffs on Canada — and his administration’s subsequent delays and exemptions — are frustrating efforts to import lumber from the country and putting the building sup...
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March 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Lexington, MA -- the pricey suburb where the American Revolution began, has emerged as an unlikely leader in the #YIMBY movement. Historic homes are literally being moved aside to make way for multifamily growth. Meanwhile, a backlash is brewing.

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America’s Most Exclusive Suburbs Are Finally Building More Housing
States—and even historic towns like Lexington, Massachusetts—are easing real estate zoning to fight the affordability crisis. Will local support for the Yimby crowd last?
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February 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM