Sam Khater, chief economist for Freddie Mac, recently reported that interest rates for a 30-year mortgage had reached an average of 7.49%, the highest in a generation. This is causing a slowdown in the housing market, negatively impacting single-family home sales which were down 8% in August compared to last year. Khater attributes the spike to numerous factors including inflation, the job market, and the Federal Reserve's next move. The Freddie Mac survey released on October 5th also shows that the average 15-year-fixed rate mortgage rate is 6.78%, up from 6.72% last week and 5.9
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