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Housing Market Tracker: Higher rates crush purchase apps 

We created the weekly Housing Market Tracker because housing data has been so wild since 2020. The housing market madness persisted last week as inventory fell and higher mortgage rates took a bigger bite out of purchase application data.

Here is a quick rundown from last week:

  • Purchase applications fell 18% week to week and hit levels not seen since 1995.
  • Weekly housing inventory decreased by 6,801, while new listing data is still negative year-over-year.
  • The 10-year yield didn’t let up this last week, as more robust economic and inflation data kept levels elevated and pushed mortgage rates details ⇒

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