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Is US housing more expensive than everyone thinks?

The rapid increase in US house prices over the past year, and the sharp run up in mortgage interest rates over the past few months, have brought issues of housing valuation and affordability into sharper focus. Certain valuation and affordability metrics suggest that housing is no longer on the cheap side. But the metrics we put most stock by continue to suggest that US housing is undervalued.

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