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Feb 2025
7m 8s

A Rollercoaster Housing Market

MORGAN STANLEY
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Our co-heads of Securitized Products Research, James Egan and Jay Bacow, explain how the increase in home prices, a tight market supply and steady mortgage rates are affecting home sales. 
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