This segment from NPR looks at what's behind the trend of house prices falling more sharply outside of cities.
"In some parts of the country, house prices are dropping faster outside cities rather than inside them. It could be because migration to America's fastest growing areas has slowed in the past year."
"Co-host Ari Shapiro talks to William Frey, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, about the housing markets that are cooling fastest, and why."
Read the full story: Home Prices Drop More Steeply Outside Cities
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