Construction workers work on the roof of a house being built in Alhambra, California on September 23, 2024. The Federal Reserve's interest rate cut last week has given prospective home buyers lower borrowing costs as the half-percentage-point cut lowered rates from a 23-year-high where it had been for more than a year. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)