Housing inventory at a 20-year low

By Roger Yu, USA Today

Good luck looking for a house to buy. 

The number of residential houses available to buy is at a 20-year low as the appeal of McMansions wanes and a growing reluctance by Baby Boomers to trade up or down from their current homes, according to a report by Realtor.com. 

More than half of its survey respondents, or 59 percent, said they are not planning to sell their houses in the next year. 

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