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Buyers ‘Hibernating’ as Spiking Mortgage Rates Hit Housing Harder than Expected
CNBC, Oct. 24, 2018–Diana Olick
Mortgage applications to purchase a home are now flat compared with a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, and may move lower in the coming weeks, if interest rates don’t fall back in a meaningful way.