Zillow and UWM executives are optimistic mortgage rates will come back down but advised real estate agents at Inman Connect New York on Tuesday to get familiar with affordability tools like interest-rate buydowns.
Source: Inman News
Rates may ease, but affordability tools will still be in demand
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