Mortgage rates continue their upward climb in March, reaching a 40-month high of 4.9% by the end of the month. As yet, that has done little to cut home purchase demand. Indeed, applications saw a marginal increase last month. And so long as mortgage rates don’t rise above 6%, pent-up demand from the last couple of years will help prevent a large fall in purchase applications over the next year.
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