The American Enterprise Institute estimates that 64 percent of homes sold by the largest homebuilders provide permanent mortgage rate buydowns, which often don’t count as seller concessions.
Source: Inman News
Homebuilders’ rate buydowns are leaving buyers underwater: WSJ
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