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This week’s FOMC decision was not an easy choice. Our goals are in conflict. Inflation is above target, the labor market is softening, and there are risks to both sides of our mandate—maximum employment and price stability.

As part of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s work to understand how people are experiencing the economy, the Community Development & Analysis team have been analyzing homebuying trends in the Twelfth District and across the nation to understand how homebuying has shifted following the COVID-19 pandemic. Our recently released brief, “The Evolving Homebuying Landscape: An Update with 2023 Data,” assesses data from 2018 through 2023.