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Fortune
Jason Ma

The housing market is no longer a wealth-building engine as home prices continue to slump

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  • Home prices aren’t keeping up with inflation, representing a drag on wealth in real terms, according to S&P Global. That’s as home prices have been falling on a monthly basis, while President Donald Trump’s tariffs have kept inflation sticky and still-high mortgage rates have weighed on demand.

High home prices and mortgage rates have created unaffordable conditions for many Americans, but the housing market’s ability to create more wealth has sputtered.

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