Real estate
July 11, 2022
After months of rising mortgage rates, the housing market may be turning in favor of buyers. Image credit: Redfin
By Nora Howe
Buyers may soon be seeing the light at the end of a very long, dark seller’s tunnel as mortgage rates are starting to drop following months of increases.
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