At today’s financing rates, it could cost more to move, even into a less expensive home. That creates an incentive for homeowners to stay put.
Bob Wood, 66, has been thinking of selling his home in Mobile, Alabama. The finance professor and his wife, Terri, purchased the 5,000-square-foot house with a pool nearly a decade ago.. They would also like to be closer to their grandchildren in Tennessee.now and give up that low rate to buy at a higher rate."We just don't want to pay that much in interest," he said.
However,"mortgage rates weren't at record lows in the late 70s before they started to skyrocket in the early 80s, nor did home prices increase as rapidly," Channel said.
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