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This Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, photo, shows a sign outside a home that has been sold, in Mount Lebanon, Pa. Home sales in many areas of the country have dipped, and prices gains have slowed. Yet a rising number of middle-class Americans have been priced out of their home markets. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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When home sales weaken, prices typically do, too, and buyers benefit.

By JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer January 23, 2019