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Americans Want To Buy Houses, But There Are Barely Any For Sale

The pandemic is aggravating one of the housing market’s longest-standing issues: lack of supply. The low inventory is driving home prices up as more people rush to buy homes with record-low mortgage rates.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with  Jill Schlesinger, business analyst for CBS News and host of “Jill On Money,” about what this means for the housing market.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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