A Market on the Brink The numbers don’t lie. 17.2% of U.S. homeowners with mortgages now have interest rates of 6% or higher—the highest since 2016. And while that might sound normal in historical terms, the real story here is the absurd rise in home prices. What was a $300,000 home just four years ago is now selling for $600,000 or more. That’s not appreciation—that’s market manipulation. You’ve got institutional investors and corporate landlords snatching up properties at record speeds, artificially inflating prices while regular people get priced out. Add to that the Federal Reserve’s reckless money printing spree over the last decade, and you’ve got a recipe for disaster. We’re living in an economic house of cards propped up…

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