Tour requests to Redfin agents fell 7 percent, and mortgage applications declined 13 percent during the week ending Oct. 1. “Mortgage rates well over 6% are spooking homebuyers,” Redfin says.
Source: Inman News
Homebuyers show signs of pulling back as mortgage rates move again
Published in homebuyers, Markets & Economy, mortgage rates, Redfin, Select and Taylor Marr
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