Are higher mortgage rates a bigger threat than we thought?

The steady rise in mortgage interest rates has weighed moderately on mortgage applications for home purchase and total home sales. Any fresh increase in mortgage rates would take a similar toll. While this represents another reason to expect the housing recovery to slow over the next year, there is little sign that higher mortgage interest rates will derail the recovery. 

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