Why Home-Price Gains Will Slow Amid Higher Mortgage Rates

By Nick Timaraous

Here’s a look at seven areas to watch during the second half of 2013:

1. What will higher mortgage rates do to housing demand?

2. Don’t higher mortgage rates help in the short run by bringing more buyers off the fence?

3. Who is knocked out of the market by rising rates?

4. What does this mean for investors?

5. How fast will inventory rise?

6. Is this the end of the housing rebound?

7. When will we know how much rising rates have reset the market?

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