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Interest Rates Could Double and Home Sales Would Barely Falter, According to First American

March 21, 2018

"If mortgage rates doubled overnight, our model indicates a decline of just 300,000 sales, a mere 5 percent decrease,” said Mark Fleming, chief economist at First American.

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