Episode

What's behind sluggish home sales?

Podcast: Marketplace Morning Report
Published: May 12, 2026
Duration seconds: 396
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Summary

In late February, mortgage rates dipped below 6%, and affordability was beginning to improve. In April, people bought and sold more homes than they did the year before, but not by much. The reason? A whole new source of uncertainty brought on by war in the Middle East. Later in the show: While specialty farmers aren't caught in trade war crosshairs the way commodity farmers are, they still have plenty to worry about domestically.