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Stocks of names like Masco, Sherwin Williams, Lowe’s and Home Depot are all down year-to-date, and down more than the broader markets.

Rising mortgage rates, record low supply and record high prices have house hunters feeling more frustrated than ever.

As mortgage rates continue to rise, demand for refinances is plunging and homebuyers are struggling.

Even as the housing market entered its traditionally slower season in November, home prices showed big gains from a year ago.

Higher interest rates knocked out millions of borrowers from potential savings on a mortgage refinance.

Home sales were weaker than expected in December as mortgage rates rise.

Fast-rising mortgage rates are causing homebuyers to rush into the housing market before they get priced out.

Mortgage rates just hit the highest level since April 2020 and seem to have nowhere to go but up.

Homebuilders are facing rising costs for materials and labor, causing the first drop in builder confidence in four months.

Rates have started this year sharply higher, and that may have potential buyers rushing in more quickly, afraid that rates will go even higher.

Mortgage rates continue to move higher, putting pressure on buyers facing an already pricey housing market.

Home prices are rising faster than rents, which is shrinking the affordability gap between being a homeowner and a tenant.

Mortgage rates moved significantly higher over the holidays, and that caused mortgage demand to drop.

The iShares US Home Construction ETF lost 2.69% on Monday, its worst day since September 30th when it fell 2.89%. 

New home sales came in much lower than expected, but prices continued to rise.

Sales of previously owned homes in November rose 1.9% from October to 6.46 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors’ seasonally adjusted count.

Mortgage rates fell to a four-week low, but the tight supply of homes for sale, as well as high prices, caused a drop in loan demand from homebuyers.

Strong demand for single-family rental homes has caused rents to rise three times faster in 2021 than they did a year earlier.

The number of home flips is rising, but the profits are shrinking due to several headwinds in the housing market.

Surprisingly strong housing demand, even in the usually slower season for housing, has homebuilders feeling increasingly confident.