Elevated mortgage rates, weakening home price growth and uncertainty from Trump’s tariff policy are setting the housing market on a dangerous path, Moody’s Mark Zandi said, with homebuyers and homebuilder hitting rock bottom.
Source: Inman News
‘Uber depressed’ home sales prompt stark ‘red flare’ warning from economist
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