# What's behind sluggish home sales?

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Podcast: [Marketplace Morning Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-morning-report-479901)
Published: 2026-05-12T11:45:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2026/05/12/whats-behind-sluggish-home-sales
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## Resource

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.

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