Purchase loan requests are up 3 percent from a week ago and 22 percent from last year even as mortgage rates climb to highest level in four weeks, Mortgage Bankers Association survey shows.
Source: Inman News
Higher rates aren’t stopping homebuyers from bargain hunting
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