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Photo: Kyle Grillot / Bloomberg / Getty ImagesRedfin says 5.8% of U.S. listings were delisted in April as higher mortgage rates and weaker demand frustrate sellers who will not cut price. Atlanta led major metros; pending sales still rose slightly on more inventory.
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Photo: BloombergBloomberg reports Collin County prices fell about 9% year over year as Indian tech workers on H-1B visas pause purchases after visa fees, layoffs, and AI job cuts. Builders who staged homes for South Asian buyers now face growing unsold inventory.
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Photo: Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal highlights parallel wagers on American homebuilding: Berkshire Hathaway agreed to buy Taylor Morrison while Japanese firms keep acquiring U.S. builders, betting a supply shortage outlasts today's high-rate slump.
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Photo: Getty Images; Tyler Le / Business InsiderBusiness Insider reports bidding wars and seven-figure over-asks are back in Bay Area luxury ZIP codes as AI paychecks and expected IPOs collide with tight single-family inventory, while entry-level prices still lag.
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Photo: Nenad Cavoski / ShutterstockA viral Reddit thread, covered by Yahoo Finance, pits a coworker's claim that his generation would never spend 50% on housing against commenters citing rent growth, stagnant wages, and very different math in the 1970s and 1980s.
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