The housing market’s pivotal spring selling season is coming to an end—not with a bang, but with a whimper

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This year’s spring selling season wasn’t a typical one, and while it seems to have been better than last year's, there was an air of melancholy surrounding it. 

As the season winds down, mortgage applications, pending home sales, existing home sales, and listings for the last few months have all generally reflected that sentiment.