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Old 02-08-2025, 02:09 PM
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And part of the calculus of a home buyer is the lending rate which will stubbornly stick around for a while. Inflation stats for January show a rate of 2.9 percent and more than 50% of the homes purchased here are financed through a mortgage. Dr. Horton has managed to skirt this a little by offering tiered rates for their new construction sales.
Don't doubt your stats since I really don't know them myself, but I am really surprised that 50% of the homes purchased by retirees are mortgaged. Expected some for various reasons, but 50% really did surprise me, thought it was be much lower.

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