We jumped into the Marketplace time machine to ask some experts how things look from next December.

Housing starts surged nearly 15%, blowing expectations out of the water. What does that mean for the future of the housing market?

Inflation dipped slightly, but housing remains the biggest driver of rising prices.

Realty firm Redfin said homes are less affordable than at any time since they started tallying the numbers 11 years ago.

New data from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies shows that a growing number of people in their 60s, 70s and 80s still have mortgage debt, and they’re carrying more of it than than previous generations did.

They were up 6.7% in September from a year ago, according to an index out this week from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller — the highest of the 20 metro areas.

The economics of homebuying have changed over the decades.

The jurors found that the National Association of Realtors and a couple of big brokerages conspired to inflate commissions.

A lot of homebuilders are working with lenders to offer lower mortgage rates — or they’re offering other incentives like money towards closing costs.

The number of completed homes rose last month. But further up the housing pipeline, homebuilders are starting fewer projects right now.