US home mortgage rates top 6% for first time since 2008

Rapid rise in cost of borrowing to put pressure on raging housing market 

At 6%, the rate on the average 30-year residential mortgage has nearly doubled since Januar

Though price increases have decelerated in recent months, prices continue to grow at a double-digit pace driven by tight supply and determined buyers.

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller US national home price index rose 18 per cent in the latest reading in June, down from 19.9 per cent the month before.

FT 15 September 2022

https://www.ft.com/content/3a37400a-de2b-4a59-9a2d-bc834453d074



U.S. Home Prices  Record High in Second Quarter

Median prices rose by double digits from a year earlier in 80% of 185 metro areas

WSJ 11 August 2022

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2022/08/sky-high-housing-prices-still-threaten.html


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