Ben Carson on hot housing market: ‘Buy now’ before spending bills increase inflation

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Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson predicts that the sizzling housing market and its record price increases will not improve if Congress passes proposed massive spending bills that devote trillions to infrastructure and social programs.

“My advice is if you’re going to buy, buy now,” Carson told the Washington Examiner in an interview Wednesday.

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