A housing market dilemma

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4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Some relief seems to have arrived on the housing shortage front — listings are up 9% compared to last year. But buyers who’ve been waiting for more properties to go on the market? Not many are biting. In this episode, why the housing market flip-flopped and put sellers in a tough situation. Plus, why the theft of food benefits is common and how warming waters are affecting Maine’s shrimp industry.

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0:42.3	UK slash Marketplace 22.
0:47.1	Another week of back and forth on tariffs and an indirect back and forth on just how independent an independent agency can be under this administration.
0:58.8	From American Public Media, this is Marketplace.
1:05.8	In Washington, D.C., I'm Kimberly Adams in for Kai Rizdahl.
1:14.0	It's Friday, the 18th of April.
1:16.0	It's good to have you along, everybody.
1:18.3	What a week it was.
1:20.1	Again, I feel like we're saying that every week.
1:21.9	But anyway, here to talk about all of it, break down everything that went down.
1:25.6	Courtney Brown from Axios and David Gura of
1:28.1	Bloomberg. Hey, you two. Hey, Kimberly. Hey, Kimberly. I want to start with you, David, and what was
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