Will Mortgage Rates Kill the Spring Housing Market?
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Hosts Justin Klein & Luke Guerrero, CFA | Wealth Managers and Investment Advisors
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🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Mortgage rates have jumped to their highest levels since September, dealing another blow to an already struggling spring housing market. The combination of elevated rates and economic uncertainty is forcing potential buyers to reconsider their plans.
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| 0:00.0 | On radio, on YouTube, streaming live on invest talk.com, and for our podcast subscribers, this is InvestTalk. Incependent Thinking, shared success. |
| 0:17.7 | InvestTalk is made possible by KPP Financial, a registered investment advisor firm, serving clients throughout the United States. |
| 0:27.3 | Here is KPP Financial Chief Executive Officer, Financial Advisor, Justin Klein. |
| 0:35.2 | Good afternoon, fellow investors, and welcome back to Invest Talk. This is our Wednesday, |
| 0:42.0 | March 18th, 2026 edition of InvestTalk. And as always, in 2026, a lot is happening in markets, |
| 0:50.2 | mainly politically, geopolitically, and obviously that has an impact on economies, industries, |
| 0:57.4 | and of course, the broader market. |
| 0:59.6 | Today was Fed Day, and that is always something the market pays a lot of attention to. |
| 1:05.7 | So we'll look into that, even though, frankly, there wasn't a whole lot to discuss no move and no real changes |
| 1:13.5 | to their future path of policy expectations compared to what the market was expecting. |
| 1:18.2 | But we'll dig into that and much, much more during this hour. |
| 1:22.0 | But most importantly, we'll be what's on your mind. |
| 1:24.6 | How can we help you become a better investor? |
| 1:27.2 | What questions do you have? How is your portfolio performing in this environment? How can we help you become a better investor? What questions do you have? |
| 1:28.8 | How is your portfolio performing in this environment? |
| 1:31.5 | How is it performed in 2026? |
| 1:34.4 | Don't think this is going to be a flash in the pan. |
| 1:37.3 | We have probably a number of years of political, geopolitical chaos before we settle into a new norm. We're in the midst of a lot of |
| 1:46.3 | change, which means your portfolio can operate in the same manner that it did a decade ago or |
| 1:51.8 | two decades ago. You have to think differently, think outside the box, understand the trends |
| 1:57.2 | that are taking place in markets and economies. And so that's what this hour and each |
| 2:03.6 | and every hour on Invest Talk is about, helping you become a better investor, giving you perspective |
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