Typical mortgage payment has soared $337 in just six weeks
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Typical mortgage payment has soared $337 in just six weeks

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Just this week, lender Freddie Mac said that the lending rate has more than doubled in the last 12 months While the seven percent rise in mortgage rates is the highest since just prior to the Great Recession The volatility of mortgage rates has led to potential buyers abandoning their plans to buy homes The average homeowner's monthly mortgage payment was up 15 percent over the last six weeks, according to a new report The average US homeowner saw their monthly mortgage payment rise by 15 percent or $337, according to a shocking new report from Redfin. The report goes on to say that the rising mortgage rates of around seven percent are the highest since July 2007 shortly before crash that triggered the great recession. According to the Redfin report, the rising mortgage rates of around seven percent are the highest since July 2007 shortly before crash that triggered the great recession One of Redfin's key indicators of downturn in potential buyers is the fact that 'homes for sale' as a search term on Google was down 33 percent this September compared against the same time last year New listings of homes are down 14 percent from a year earlier One of Redfin's key indicators of downturn in potential buyers is the fact that 'homes for sale' as a search term on Google was down 33 percent this September compared against the same time last year. Seattle’s housing market is slowing faster than any in the country, a new study has revealed - as cash-strapped buyers increasingly shy away from home purchases Last week, the Federal Reserve bumped its benchmark borrowing rate by another three-quarters of a point in an effort to constrain the economy, its fifth increase this year and third consecutive 0.75 percentage point increase.

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