Even as mortgage rates stayed close to record lows, applications for home purchase declined in each of the last three weeks of December. With interest rates not set to fall further and the boost to affordability they provided quickly being eroded by higher house prices, we expect home demand will continue to fall back toward its pre-COVID trend over the next few months.
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