Tag: mortgage rate

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I recently spoke with a couple who wants to sell their home. Their realtor told them the market was a little soft but added that interest rates were likely to come down this year. The suggestion was that falling rates would boost home prices. That’s a common assumption, but it left me wondering whether it…

Grants Pass, Oregon

If you want to find a place where houses remain affordable, try Syracuse, New York. It’s a college town, so it’s probably a nice place to live. Syracuse is the only large U.S. city where the cost of a typical home is less than three times the household income of residents in that area, according…