Trump’s housing market conundrum | CNN Business

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As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office this month, he faces a very different housing market than he did in his first term.

A sharp decrease in home affordability over the last four years has stung for many Americans — and Trump won his bid for US president partly on the back of dissatisfaction with the economy.

Now Trump, a billionaire property developer himself, faces a housing conundrum: Mortgage rates aren’t falling, and home prices are expected to continue rising over the next few years. Many economists estimate that this year’s

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