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It may not feel like it yet, but the housing market's Ice Age is finally thawing.
Would-be buyers and sellers have found themselves stuck over the past couple of years. For-sale signs stood frozen in front yards as home shoppers balked at prices. Wild swings in mortgage rates discouraged almost everyone from venturing out into the market. Many felt as if they had no option but to stay put.