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Nick Timiraos
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Financial conditions update: In the U.S. mortgage market, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (7.05% last week) has now been above 6.7% for the last 52 weeks. This hasn't happened since 2001, per @MBAMortgage.
Purchase-mortgage activity has been (not surprisingly) in the dumps. pic.twitter.com/LSbGEBBZ6L
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Lance Lambert
NewsLambert
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate ticks down to 7.29%
Spread: 274 bps pic.twitter.com/Zgrp8WVa95
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Lance Lambert
NewsLambert
CoreLogic chief economist @SelmaHepp:
"We are witnessing an important shift in home buying sentiment. This time last year, potential homebuyers had the mentality to get into home buying despite high rates and a lack of homes for sale. With little expectation of interest rates…
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Freddie Mac
FreddieMac
The avg. 30yr FRM rises to 7.03% www.freddiemac.com/pmms
Chief Economist @TheSamKhater: “Following several weeks of decline, mortgage rates changed course this week."
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