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Scott Bessent: “We had a very big October for home sales.”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published November 23, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:00

And that was putting a lot of the immigration was putting upward pressure on housing, downward pressure on wages. Interest rates are down. And now we are starting to see the affordability. We the prices get better. We had a very big October for home sales. energy prices. Gasoline, gasoline is down. We saw, we believe health care is going to come down. We will see an announcement this coming week on that. (01:00–01:04)

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