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U.S. Housing Market Faces ‘5-Percent’ Test
Reuters, Oct. 1, 2018–Richard Leong
The U.S. housing market, already struggling with tight inventory and rising building costs, faces a fresh headwind as 30-year mortgage rates rise close to the 5 percent threshold for the first time in years.