Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday RM via Getty Images)Mortgage rates reached their highest level since November last week, cooling off home purchase and refinance applications ahead of the all-important spring selling season.
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Today, the mortgage players who most actively hedged â Fannie and Freddie, real estate investment trusts and large bank servicers â have significantly reduced their need to to do so, analysts said.
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Between the dip in refis and the approach of the spring buying season, mortgage lenders are likely to start paying a little more attention to the purchase market, which is less rate-sensitive.
With pandemic conditions in place for a second spring, lenders and brokers discuss the indicators that will reveal whether the market is shifting away from the traditional selling season to one that runs hot throughout the year.
The cost associated with borrowing money to finance homes now appears more likely to remain stable rather than continuing to decline, which should eventually slow refinance activity.
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