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Why It’s So Hard to Buy or Sell a House Right Now

On today’s Big Take podcast: How cost and economic uncertainty combined to slow down US home sales. And what could turn things around.

A "For Sale" sign in front of a home in Los Angeles.Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg

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The US housing market just posted its slowest spring season in more than a dozen years. Experts are pointing to a combination of factors: high prices, elevated mortgage rates and economic uncertainty in America.