• The Biden economy continues to sting and it’s hitting home sales again.
• The reason: Mortgage rates have popped above 7%.
• At the end of last year they were about one third that.
• Mortgage applications dropped 4% for the week and were 30% lower than the same week a year ago.
• “Since rates have been so volatile and for-sale inventory still scarce, we have yet to see sustained growth in purchase applications,” said economist Joel Kan.

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