Gas around here hovering right at $3/gal. Was close to $5/gal under Biden, even as Pres Autopen was draining the national strategic reserves to bring down prices… DJT is currently REFILLING the strategic reserve even as gas prices are (slowly) declining.
While Fed rates were stubbornly held higher than data justified, the housing market has been sliding, bringing down house-purchase total outlays. Real estate is always about location, location, location - i.e. it's very local, so YMMV.