lock in
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That suggests that the so-called lock-in effect is easing.
From MarketWatch
Granted, he isn’t in a position to point out the role of tariffs in raising construction costs, but he might have named building regulations or mortgage lock-in or environmental rules.
The “lock-in effect,” where homeowners who didn’t want to give up their relatively low rates refused to sell their homes, effectively froze the housing market.
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The lock-in effect is now fading.
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Housing inventory has already been rising sharply as the lock-in effect fades.
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