 Housing, higher interest rates are making housing more unaffordable. Higher rates are supposed to lower cost, yet housing prices continue to soar. By keeping rates high, the Fed ignores the economic reality of the millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet and get ahead. Let me ask you three quick yes or no questions, if you would answer that way. Since late 2022, when the Fed began raising rates, has the volume of housing sales decreased? I believe it has, yes.