Housing – probably important

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Interest rates rise. Demand falls. This is what is supposed to happen. Why?

One big reason is that housing is just so darn expensive. Buying it involves assuming vast quantities of debt. Higher interest rates mean that highly indebted folk have to divert much of their spending away from whatever they like spending money…