Housing market stuck as mortgage rates, tariffs and uncertainty jam buyers

Buying a home is tough. Selling one is tougher. A major plank in the Trump plan to cut consumer costs is in jeopardy.

Mar 26, 2025 - 22:30
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Housing market stuck as mortgage rates, tariffs and uncertainty jam buyers

The U.S. housing market remains stuck in a rut that can perchance lengthen properly into next year, strong a key plank of President Donald Trump's economic agenda to lower the price of living and and elevate down dwelling costs.

Mortgage charges and an absence of new homes within the marketplace stay the main limitations to unbinding the $50 trillion-plus housing market. The sphere has viewed file excessive costs and notably fewer transactions since the Covid pandemic as overall dwelling-procuring costs admire surged.

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