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Personal Finance Bureau Chief at WSJ. Writing a book about the 30-year mortgage. E-mail me at ben.eisen@wsj.com. DM me for Signal details.

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Why home sales are poised to pick up this summer

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By Ben Eisen Verified
| MSN Verified
Ben Eisen The housing market has been in a lengthy slump, but sales are showing signs of picking up this summer. The volume of mortgages that people locked in to buy homes rose to its highest level in more than three years in June, according to Optimal Blue, a mortgage technology and data company. Volume is up 14% from a year earlier and 10% from May.
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Why Home Sales Are Poised to Pick Up This Summer

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By Ben Eisen Verified
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
Mortgage rate locks, a leading indicator of home sales, rose to their highest level since 2023 Economists have been lowering their forecasts for the housing market this year, owing in part to inflation stemming from the war with Iran. Zack Wittman for WSJ The housing market has been in a lengthy slump, but sales are showing signs of picking up this summer.
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Economic freedom is worth defending — even when political parties forget it

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By Ben Eisen Verified, David Wise
| Free Exchange
Independence Day is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of economic freedom as a core national principle. This is not a partisan claim. Economic freedom is not a Democratic or Republican value. It should be seen as an American one. It is a fundamental animating idea of the republic that people should be free to work, build, hire, save, invest, trade and make their own economic choices without unnecessary interference from government.
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