A 2.7% m/m drop in mortgage applications for home purchase left this measure of active housing demand unchanged compared to this time last year. A rise in mortgage interest rates, to a seven-year high of 4.80%, partly explains that lacklustre performance. But record low inventory levels, and concerns among some buyers that house prices are too high, are also suppressing demand.
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