Prices, Rates & Confusion - May 2025 Housing Market Update

How to Buy a Home

David Sidoni

How To, News, Education, Business, Business News, Investing

4.8 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Housing prices are rising, inventory’s up, and rates won’t crash—here’s what that actually means if you’re trying to buy your first home in May 2025. The market may feel like a mess, but underneath the whiplash headlines are trends you can actually plan around. This episode breaks down the latest data on home prices, supply, and mortgage rates—including insights from Florida, Wisconsin, and the East Coast—to help you figure out how to buy smart in May 2025. If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment or for rates to drop, this episode shows why it’s time to stop waiting and start planning.

Quote:

“Don’t let [rates] be the thing that stops you from starting your plan. Just plan for 7%. Anything else is extra.” — David Sidoni, Episode 341

Highlights:

Why are headlines saying both “prices falling” and “prices rising”?
What does four months of housing inventory really mean for you?
Could rising inventory signal a shift toward a buyer’s market?
Are interest rates ever going back to 3%—or is 7% the new normal?
How do regional stats (Florida, Wisconsin, East Coast) stack up?
Why “price cuts” don’t always mean bargains—and can still lead to bidding wars

Referenced Episodes:

Episode 94 – Real Estate Glossary
Episode 251 – The Last Lease Strategy
Episodes 256–261, 286, 326 – Buying in High-Rate Markets
Episodes 339–340 – Lending Strategy with Kelly Cort

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David Sidoni, the "How to Buy a Home Guy," is a seasoned real estate professional and consumer advocate with two decades of experience helping first-time homebuyers navigate the real estate market. His podcast, "How to Buy a Home," is a trusted resource for anyone looking to buy their first home. It offers expert advice, actionable tips, and inspiring stories from real first-time homebuyers. With a focus on making the home-buying process accessible and understandable, David breaks down complex topics into easy-to-follow steps, covering everything from budgeting and financing to finding the right home and making an offer.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome to the show. Oh my God, dudes, duets. If you are looking to the news of the internet
0:06.0	and you're trying to get a read on the economy right now, especially the housing and the mortgage
0:10.3	markets, the insanely contradictory information out there, I know it's making first time homebuyers
0:16.2	feel like a fifth grader who got dropped into a college advanced calculus and differential equations class.
0:22.6	Gang, the headlines are jacked up.
0:24.8	And you are not wrong to feel confused or out of your depth or just plain loss.
0:29.9	It's a mess.
0:31.0	So I'm going to break down the latest housing market trends and explain what they mean in plain English.
0:35.7	No sugar coding, no sales pitch, just real talk about
0:39.0	home prices, home inventory, and mortgage rates. And whether it makes sense to buy in this mess
0:45.9	or to keep renting. Let's go. How to buy a home educates, protects, and connects first-time home
0:52.0	buyers to qualify vetted realtors in their area.
0:54.6	Whether you're looking for DIY information or step-by-step guidance, How to Buy a Home is the number
0:59.1	one resource for first-time home buyers.
1:02.8	What is up? My How to Buy a Homies, I am your unapologetic host, David Sidoni,
1:08.5	standing up for the most overlooked, disregarded, and disrespected consumers
1:11.9	in North America. Yeah, that's you. First-time homebuyers. And hey, if you're new to the podcast,
1:16.1	well, this could really blow your brain a little bit. So don't worry about it. Don't stress. After
1:21.0	this cluster mess of an explanation of the current market situation, you can go right to the
1:26.7	10 basic steps of how to buy a home.
1:29.2	Starts right there beginning at episode 301.
1:31.5	And if you want real world examples of people who have done this, check out the listener's
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