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Zacks Investment Research
18 days ago
Inflation Hope vs. Rate Reality: Is Housing Market at Crossroads?
The United States housing market started to normalize in 2026, with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dipping as low as 5.98% by the week ending Feb. 26, 2026, after being above 6% for more than a year, per Freddie Mac. Besides, per the March 12 report by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, housing starts in January were 1,487,000, up 7.2% month over month and 9.5% from the year-ago value.