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lorida Realtors has unveiled its 2025 real estate trends forecast, offering a glimpse into the Sunshine State's future market landscape. As the state's economy is heavily reliant on real estate, understanding upcoming trends helps policymakers, residents, and industry professionals plan accordingly.

    During the Florida Real Estate Trends summit, Chief Economist Dr. Brad O'Connor will share his insights on the state's economic outlook for 2025, including the housing market's performance. He will discuss mortgage rates, home prices, affordability, sales, inventory, migration, and job growth in Florida, as well as his projections for the coming months.

    The summit is a key component of the 2025 Mid-Winter Business Meetings, taking place on January 31st from 12:30-1:30pm at the Hyatt Regency Orlando. O'Connor notes that the Florida housing market faces challenges in 2025, including high mortgage rates and insurance costs, which will impact affordability.

    However, he also highlights the state's strong economic fundamentals and continued migration to Florida, indicating a rise in home sales is likely. The goal of this year's Real Estate Trends summit is to explore when this recovery will occur.

    Attendees can participate either in person or virtually on January 31st. For more information and to access the Livestream link, visit Florida Realtors' member website.

    Florida Realtors serves over 238,000 members across 51 boards/associations, providing programs, services, continuing education, research, and legislative representation.