Lenders and potential borrowers are reporting relatively weak demand for purchase mortgages heading into the spring homebuying season. While consumers are seeing economic gains, rising home prices and higher interest rates have constrained expectations for home sales. Doug Duncan, senior vice president and chief economist at Fannie Mae, said lenders surveyed in the first quarter by the GSE reported “the most anemic” purchase-mortgage demand outlook for any first quarter since ...
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