Zillow

Expect to see more sales and only modest home value growth in 2025 as the market slowly becomes unstuck.

Zillow identified five emerging trends by looking at hundreds of home features and design styles mentioned in millions of for-sale listings in 2024, then identified the keywords showing up far more frequently than a year ago.

Focusing on attached homes allows builders to overcome some of the challenges related to land acquisition costs and also provide homes that are more affordable to cost-challenged buyers.

Middle housing options are those that fall into categories between single-family lots and large multifamily buildings, such as duplexes or small apartment buildings.

Luxury home values across the U.S. are 3.9% higher than a year ago. That's faster appreciation than the 3.2% annual growth for the typical U.S. home.

The pandemic-era housing frenzy sparked a construction boom, but thus far, that boom has fallen short.