
The housing market is showing signs of slowing. In this image, a "SOLD" sign hangs in front of a house in Vienna in Virginia, March 27, 2014.
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What's next for the US housing market
So far this year, the real estate market has not been going the way many prospective homebuyers had hoped. Home prices -- already at all-time highs -- have continued to climb and mortgage rates have risen much faster than expected.

