The housing market is now entering a visible slowdown – affordability challenges, low inventory, and higher interest rates are now coming home to roost.

Real estate cycles turn as slowly as a massive cruise ship.  Unlike the stock market where a stock like Facebook can fall 20 percent overnight, real estate tends to boom and bust at a much slower rate.  There is an odd logic to the current market.  “We bought a few years ago and look how […]

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