Mortgage Rates Hit 7% as Iran War Fallout Crushes a Weak Housing Market
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"Mortgage Rates Hit 7% as Iran War Fallout Crushes a Weak Housing Market" is generating significant coverage in the Business category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include AP News, Yahoo Finance, CBS News and NPR. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (10)
- Benchmark mortgage rate tops 7 percent, highest in 2 years WTNH.com · 2h ago
- Mortgage rates climb for 5th straight week, pushing average rate on a 30-year home loan above 7% AP News · 3h ago
- Mortgage rates are at their highest level in over two years: Mortgage and refinance interest rates today Yahoo Finance · 3h ago
- Mortgage rates climb for 5th straight week, pushing average rate on a 30-year home loan above 7% abcnews.com · 3h ago
- Mortgage rates surge to highest level in over two years: Mortgage and refinance interest rates today Yahoo Finance · 3h ago
- 8% mortgage rates are ‘not an impossibility’ as the 30-year fixed rate surges MarketWatch · 3h ago
- 30-year mortgage rates surpass 7% after rising for 5 weeks Yahoo Finance · 3h ago
- Mortgage rates are back above 7%. How much higher could they climb? CBS News · 3h ago
- Mortgage rates have just surpassed 7% for the first time in well over a year NPR · 3h ago
- Should you buy a home when rates are over 7%? Here are the best lenders for finding a deal CNBC · 3h ago
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