Soaring insurance costs could finally put a lid on home prices, real estate experts say

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• The housing market has been brutal in recent years as prices keep rising. 
• While high mortgage rates didn't bring prices down, steep insurance costs could put a lid on further appreciation. 
• "You can see in the course of even a year or two, prices begin to respond because people are very sensitive to this."

When mortgage rates started to spike in 2022, the thinking was that higher borrowing costs would put a lid on prices...