Home sales continue to get whacked, falling to a 3-year low, and an increase in mortgage delinquencies is looming

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The housing market got more bad news this week, as existing home sales fell again in January, hitting a three-year low.

 

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I’m confused. We have an affordable housing crisis and sales are falling. Would that not lead to falling prices, curing the affordability problem?

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