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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