'Blame the Boomers': A paradox in the housing market is what's really behind rising demand and home prices

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US stocks fall as Fed comments and new data raise fear of more rate hikes

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Traders work on the floor of the NYSE

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Lumber prices defy the most recent surge in mortgage rates to extend 3-day rally to 10%

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Real estate agents work an open house in West Hempstead, New York.

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The housing market is about to take a hit as student loan payments restart

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Student loan payments are set to resume in October of this year.

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The housing market is stuck: Americans can't afford homes, investors aren't buying property, and economists see little relief ahead

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The housing market is stuck thanks to high prices, high mortgage rates, and low inventory.
The housing market is stuck thanks to high prices, high mortgage rates, and low inventory.

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US homeowners are sitting on $28.7 trillion of equity

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A row of homes in a residential neighborhood.

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The housing market's inventory crunch deepens as listings fall for the 4th straight month in August

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The ultimate real-estate guide: Where homes are most affordable, prices have the most upside, taxes and closing costs are lowest, and rents are falling the fastest

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Homes are just about the most unaffordable they've been since the 1980s.

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US home prices are nearly back to all-time highs reached last summer

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Some of the most active homebuyers during the COVID-19 pandemic are now pumping the brakes on purchases.

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I'm a millennial with dreams of owning my own home, but the cutthroat real-estate market has kept me living with my parents in Florida

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David Triana and his parents.

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