The market has seen rising rates before, but never so far so fast; there is no precedent for a 45% spike in just six weeks. The spike is causing a sense of urgency now, a rush to buy before rates go higher, but that will be short term. Home sales and home prices will both come down if rates don’t return to their lows, and the expectation is that they will not.
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0 minute readHousing in for major pause due to rising rates
July 10, 2013, 2:04pm
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