Unless you've been living under a rock for the last couple months, you know that we are in the throes of a pretty strong seller's market. The inventory is still a bit low and mortgage rates are still being filed under "nutso."
I do have to say one thing about the interest rates. If you hear someone saying "Yeah, but the interest rates have climbed all the way back up to x.x percent," I give you carte blanche permission to find the nearest snowbank (there's still a couple out there) and stick their head in it.
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