“As we enter 2023, we expect affordability to remain the top challenge for potential homebuyers, as even small declines in rates and home prices — from the perspective of the buyer — may not produce sufficient purchasing power,” said Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae’s senior vice president and chief economist, in a release.

From yesterday's Epoch Times "“Monthly payments have increased by more than 50 percent in just four months because of higher mortgage rates,” said George Ratiu, a senior economist with Realtor.com".

However, the proposal by President Joe Biden to implement nationwide rent control is a concern for many economists, real estate experts, and communities.

More than 90% of the economists and real estate experts surveyed by the Tampa Bay Times last year expected the Tampa real estate market to meet or exceed the performance of the national housing market this year.

Most investors/economists agree that we are due for a correction and have been for quite some time.

That is a lonely take and one that is neither borne out by the data in the Appraised report nor one taken by the free market American Enterprise Institute, the libertarian CATO Institute, the conservative National Review nor conservative economists such as Glenn Loury.

“Increase in housing prices contributed for half of the monthly rise,” wrote Credit Union National Association Senior Economist Dawit Kebede.

According to forecasting by Economist Intelligence, global tourism will rise by 30% in 2023 - Forbes.Future Opportunities: Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the real estate industry continues to offer significant opportunities for growth and innovation.

But as the economist John Keynes said were all dead in the longterm.  

According to the Chief Economist of the National Association of Realtors, Lawrence Yun, mortgage rates may remain around 6.5% for a few more months before declining to below 6% in the summer, and possibly even as low as 5.5% by the end of the year.