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Nobel Prize winner Robert Shiller: Housing market 'not as exciting'

Nobel Prize winner Robert Shiller: Housing market 'looking a little bit weaker'
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Nobel Prize winner Robert Shiller: Housing market 'looking a little bit weaker'

Nobel Prize winner Robert Shiller told CNBC that despite a strong housing market since 2012, homebuyers do not seem as excited.

Low unemployment is helping drive the market up.

Shiller also says President Donald Trump and his family's lifestyle might be contributing to people feeling like, they too, can live in extravagant homes.

However, the Yale University economist says, "There could be a change in sentiment toward housing which could bring prices down."

Shiller also addresses housing affordability as a global issue.

Watch the video above to hear more on the state of the housing market from Nobel Prize winner and Yale University economist Robert Shiller.