Lee Honish | Honishreport

“A super hot market': Economists weigh in on what to expect in 2021”InmanThe housing market will enter 2021 blazing hot with off-the-charts demand and an extreme shortage of homes for sale. While the risk of a double-dip recession hovers in the background, home sales and prices are expected to keep rising next year as coronavirus vaccines become available, the economy starts buzzing again and a new president focused on housing takes the helm. Inventory will continue to rule.That’s according to several economists Inman reached out to for their predictions on how the housing market would fare in 2021. They weighed in on home sales and prices, inventory, the impact of a coronavirus vaccine, the incoming Biden presidency and the risk of another recession.On home prices and sales“We’re going to start the year in a super hot market,” said Mike Simonsen, CEO of housing market analytics firm Altos Research, in a webinar last week called “The Real Estate Market Outlook for 2021.”Inventory has plunged to just under 469