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		Spivak on Jan 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US home sales see worst year since 1995 Yes, a lot of my friends are "trapped" (not really they're actually quite happy about it) in their houses because they have 2-3% interest rates locked in which is today is almost free money.

mixmastamyk on Jan 22, 2024 [–]

Prices rose because of those rates, so not always the bargain it may have seemed.

hyperbovine on Jan 22, 2024 | [–]

Not if you refinanced.

mixmastamyk on Jan 22, 2024 | | [–]

Financing affects the financing part of the payment, unsurprisingly… not the price part.

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