Trevor Hughes

And they're very pleased to see it.

And then, of course, you have many, many liberals who are incredibly upset and say, you know, this is exactly what we warned was going to happen.

And they're horrified.

What she said and what we heard over and over from a lot of people is that those people who have homes who refinanced during the pandemic, you know, they're sitting at 3% in their mortgage, which is a great rate, right?

But it means you can't afford to upgrade.

And that's what she saw.

You know, there's a lot of folks who are sort of stuck in their houses.

And so there's this strange pent up demand for people who would love to move, but just feel like they have these golden handcuffs in their existing houses.

And of course, those people who don't own homes yet, for them, the barrier to entry is still significantly high when you're looking at a mortgage rate of 6%, especially in an economy where it's hard to get together a bunch of money for a down payment.

You know, this realtor we talked to, she was telling us that things are sort of slow and she's hoping that they get better.

But, you know, she's had to cut back on her marketing materials because she's a realtor who's been impacted by tariffs.

She's reduced the frequency of the newsletter she sends out because the price of stamps has gone up.

So the economy really runs her center through so many Americans' concerns right now.

And, you know, in the housing market is chief among them.

I've been covering this part of Colorado for many, many years.

And Trula, like a lot of other folks out there, are very happy with the president.

They wish he had done more to protect coal mining because under the Biden administration, a lot of coal mines are shutting down or sort of moving in that direction because a lot of coal-fired power plants are being pushed to shut down because of environmental considerations.

Now, the president has promised for years to protect coal miners.

And frankly, he's pushed to keep coal mines open.

And so people like Trula are looking out at her neighborhood, at her area.