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I'm Jerry Willis, and this is the Fox Business Rundown.

Friday, January 2nd, 206. After a rough year, could the housing market post better numbers in 26? The economy is going to be studying much like the housing market, and I think that's why

we're going to see that sort of steadier pace in the housing market. It's really reflecting a good economy that is surrounding it.

Realtor.com recently released its 2026 housing forecasts, and there is some good news.

Mortgage rates are expected to fall to 6.3% from an average of 6.6%.

The survey also predicts modest increases in sales, prices, and inventory, and also declining rents.

After a bruising 2025 that saw the housing market sink to 30-year lows, even this modestly improving forecast is welcome news,

especially as Americans grow increasingly concerned about affordability. So what's behind these

numbers and which regions will be the biggest winners and losers in 2026? So our expectation is that

mortgage raise in 2026 will be roughly where they are now.

Daniel Hale is Realtor.com's chief economist, and she joins us to break it all down.

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