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(60,295 posts) Tue Jul 23, 2024, 03:39 PM Jul 23

U.S. Home Prices Hit Record in June for Second Consecutive Month

ECONOMY | HOUSING
U.S. Home Prices Hit Record in June for Second Consecutive Month
Home sales slowed again, ending a disappointing spring selling season
By Nicole Friedman
https://twitter.com/nicolefriedman
nicole.friedman@wsj.com
Updated July 23, 2024 10:21 am ET

Home prices hit a new high in June for the second straight month, the latest sign that the housing market is unaffordable to millions of Americans.

The spring home-buying season, usually the busiest time of year for the housing market, was a dud this year. Home sales declined in June for the fourth straight time on a monthly basis. The combination of high prices and elevated mortgage rates has made homeownership less attractive to renters and deterred current homeowners from moving.

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U.S. Home Prices Hit Record in June for Second Consecutive Month (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 23 OP
Yay! Deregulated capitalism! Marcus IM Jul 23 #1
This is, IMO, part of why there maybe a lack of enthusiasm amoung young voters. CentralMass Jul 23 #2
That's called motivation! Incentive capitalism! bucolic_frolic Jul 23 #3

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2. This is, IMO, part of why there maybe a lack of enthusiasm amoung young voters.
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Many are scraping buy paying rent and college loans with little hope of ever owning a home or making an income big enough to climb out of the hole

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