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In 2025, the U.S. housing market largely continued the sluggish trends that have defined the post-pandemic years: high prices, elevated mortgage rates, and persistent economic uncertainty.

DECATUR — When a company with an extraordinary 168-year history in Decatur looked for a place to forge the future, it decided to go home again.

With President Donald Trump back in the White House and Republicans in control of Congress this year, Alabama’s Republican lawmakers eagerly worked to reap the benefits of a friendly president for the ...