US Housing Enters Deep Freeze With Sellers and Buyers Sidelined

Agents struggle to find listings as deals decline, mortgage rates remain high and signs point to leaner times ahead.

Housing Inventory Too Low for Significant Price Drop: Miller
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The decade-long housing boom in the US is over, and the market has gone eerily quiet.

Buyers are clearing out, but so are sellers. And the real estate agents who served them during the pandemic housing frenzy now are left scrambling for listings, or exiting into fallback careers as deals plunge.