Surging mortgage interest rates pushed March existing home sales down to their lowest since the height of COVID-19-restirctions in mid-2020. We expect mortgage rates to rise further over the next year, and that will lead to an additional fall in activity. But significant pent-up demand from the last couple of years, and gradual improvement in inventory mean the decline will be relatively modest.
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