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Surging Mortgage Rates Set Off Scramble to Buy Homes
Bloomberg, May 17, 2018–Prashant Gopal
U.S. homebuyers, already contending with escalating prices, now are getting hit with the most-expensive mortgage rates in seven years. Funny thing: It’s only making them move faster.