Nicole Friedman
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266 appearances
10 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 23 Jun
Nicole Friedman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So the biggest thing going on right now heading into the spring selling season is that mortgage rates have come down.
And they're about 6% right now.
And so that can make a big difference for a buyer in terms of their monthly payment.
Some builders have said in their recent earnings calls that they started to see more foot traffic in January.
So that can be
an early sign of buyer interest.
But it's a little too soon to say whether that will translate into actually more home sales.
There's still a lot of buyers who are priced out.
And so there's still work that needs to be done in kind of improving their willingness to enter the market.
Thank you for having me.
affordability has worsened in the last couple of years.
We have a big increase in mortgage rates and home prices are very high.
It's really pushed a lot of potential buyers out of the market.
So there's just fewer buyers in the market to compete for homes.
And so for the buyers who are left, who can afford homes, they have a lot more leverage.
The homes that are selling are the homes where the sellers are willing to negotiate and the homes where sellers are being stubborn about their price.
are sitting longer on the market and not selling.
And so for the spring, I think the big question is how much are sellers going to be flexible, maybe be willing to cut their prices or offer other concessions or incentives to buyers.
So existing home sales have risen for three straight months, which is the longest streak of gains since late 2024.
And so that shows a little bit of momentum here at the end of the year, driven by slightly lower mortgage rates.
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