It’s hard to survive the 2023 housing market

<p>While mortgage rates have been on the decline recently, this year has been, on average, the least affordable time to buy a home since the housing site Redfin started crunching the numbers 11 years ago. That&#8217;s on top of already sky high prices and limited housing inventory. Plus: a labor market in a healthy place, a strike at shipping company DHL and a beloved Korean street food.</p>