Experts are throwing cold water on a 'housing collapse' (ITB)

The entire housing space — from homebuilders, to mortgage lenders, to economic data — has fallen under significant pressure over the last year as rising interest rates have posed a major headwind. 
While it's worth noting a slowdown in a crucial part of the market and the economy, some strategists and economists say concerns are overblown.
Economists at Bank of America Merrill Lynch recently told clients that while demand has slowed down, a full-on housing collapse is nowhere to