By now you know that 2022 was no walk in the park for the real estate market. Rising mortgage rates, falling stocks and high inflation gave buyers and sellers the blues and brought the doom-and-gloomers out of the woodwork. But the housing bears may be a little too downbeat heading into 2023 given a number of factors supporting conditions for a decent market, if not a good one. It may not feel as euphoric as 2021, but the fact is millions of homebuyers across the country will come to the closing table this year…and live to tell about it.
Here are five reasons we feel positive about the 2023 market.