The Fall Real Estate Market Is Abnormally Hot As Mortgage Rates Break Records

Forbes, Sept. 11, 2020–Natalie Campisi
Experts can’t point to one reason why homebuying has defied expectations as we face a still uncertain economy and elevated levels of unemployment. Certainly, the Federal Reserve and GSEs, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, helped keep the market liquid so lenders could continue to do business as well as contain mortgage rates. But why is there such a big appetite for real estate now?
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