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The housing market is stuck thanks to high prices, high mortgage rates, and low inventory.UCG / Getty Contributor
Low inventory, high mortgage rates, and high prices have created a difficult housing market.
Homeowners have seen equity climb, but house hunters are having a hard time breaking into the market.
Purchases by real estate investors plunged 45% in the second quarter compared to last year.
It’s a tough time to be navigating the US housing market.
Low inventory, high mortgage rates, and high prices have put the housing market into a state of unaffordability that’s weighing on house hunters, current homeowners, and even real estate investors.
The Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hikes over the last 18 months have led to mortgage rates hovering around two-decade highs, but so far home prices haven’t fallen as they usually do when rates climb.
Throw in distorted supply and demand dynamics and economists see little reason to expect easing affordability. Current homeowners are…
2023-09-02 15:15:01
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