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Audio Transcript: Kathy Fettke: The housing market has been booming, but not for everyone. Many Americans are struggling financially as the economy recovers from the pandemic. High home prices are impacting both homebuyers and renters, and we could see a wave of foreclosures and evictions when pandemic moratoriums expire. Those are just a few of the challenges mentioned in “The State of the Nation’s Housing 2021.” It’s put together by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. Hi I’m Kathy Fettke and this is the Real Estate News for Investors. Home sales have been soaring in the past year. Many Americans have been on a home-buying binge as the country shifts to a post-COVID reality. Existing home sales were up 20% year-over-year from September of last year through February, and new home sales were even higher. They rose 30% year-over-year from June of last year through February. Home Sales and Prices Are Soaring Existing homes have been hobbled by a historically tight supply that grew worse d