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Podcast: How to Buy a Home: The #1 First Time Home Buyer Podcast
Episode: 2025 Crucial Housing Market Shift Pt 3: Rent Math & Buying Power - 384
Description: In the final part of the 2025 Market Shift Update, David Sidoni breaks down why affordability is finally improving — and why old affordability formulas don’t tell the full story. Discover how falling rates and shifting rent dynamics create opportunities for first-time buyers.For five years, first-time buyers have faced brutal affordability math. Home prices skyrocketed from $315,000 in 2020 to $438,000 in 2025, far outpacing normal appreciation. But the tide is finally turning. In this episode, David Sidoni explains how flattening home prices and falling mortgage rates are reshaping the affordability index in buyers’ favor.More import...