Powell predicts a time when mortgages will be impossible to get in parts of US

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned of a growing crisis in the insurance industry affecting mortgage availability in high-risk areas due to insurers pulling out amid climate change-related disasters. Policy cancellations are leading to buyers resorting to state-designed insurers of last resort with higher premiums and limited coverage. Powell highlighted the issue of housing affordability, attributing it to supply shortages and emphasizing that interest rate normalization may not alleviate the problem.

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