Strong Consumer Confidence and Lower Rates
October 14, 2019
Strong consumer confidence and lower rates (3.73% for 30 year fixed rate mortgage) are encouraging buyers to buy higher priced homes, which had sunk severely in the last year. First time home buyers accounted for 31% of the sales, down from last month’s sales. All cash sales were even with July but down from last August at 2%.
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