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Housing prices, explained: Why it's so expensive

Home prices are surging to new highs while rent is also on the rise.

Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee speaks with Derek Thompson, staff writer at The Atlantic, about some of the reasons why it’s so expensive to build a house right now.

 

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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