【CNBC】Fear of even higher mortgage rates may be heating up winter homebuying

• The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($647,200 or less) increased to 3.52% from 3.33% for loans with a 20% down payment.
• That is the highest rate since March 2020. It was 64 basis points lower the same week one year ago.
• Mortgage applications to purchase a home rose 2% last week compared with the previous week.

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