year_end-forecast_2016Home prices saw solid gains through November. And December numbers from our partners at the Illinois REALTORS® are due later this month.

But we asked Dr. Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, an economist at the Real Economic Applications Laboratory at the University of Illinois, Champaign to talk about what he sees coming this year.

Here’a a graphic recap of his thoughts on where the market will go, and what the market movers will be in the next 12 months.