{
  "id": 15590299,
  "title": "America’s home-buying market is a house divided as surging mortgage rates send many buyers to the sidelines, while the affluent drive overall prices higher with big cash purchases",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/americas-home-buying-market-is-a-house-divided-as-surging-mortgage",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-19T09:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "WSJ Economy",
    "slug": "wsj-economy",
    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/americas-new-housing-market-is-all-about-luxuryand-it-runs-on-cash-8a5fcb8e?mod=rss_socialeconomyfeed"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Surging mortgage rates are sending many buyers to the sidelines, while affluent shoppers are driving overall prices higher with big cash purchases.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}