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Homebuyers, sellers growing cautious over increasing mortage rates

Nypost · · 468 words · By Realtor com
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12 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“New listings... fell by 2.5% year over year for the week ending May 2”
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The provided web search results for this claim are completely irrelevant, discussing the Strait of Hormuz and general news rather than housing listings.
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web search NEUTRAL — Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.
https://news.google.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Before the war, the waterway was free for any vessel. Now Tehran is pushing to control it. What will it take to free the 1,600 ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz? For tens of thousands of...
https://www.cnn.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian state media said Thursday that the country’s armed forces exchanged fire with “enemy units” on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. No other details were reported.
https://apnews.com/
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“New listings... dropping 1.4% annually the prior week”
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The evidence provided consists of a Toronto real estate listing page, a definition of YOY, and a NYC housing portal; none of these confirm the specific 1.4% decrease claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Find 9,660 houses for sale in Toronto, ON. Visit REALTOR.ca to see all the Toronto, ON real estate listings on the MLS® Systems today! Prices starting at $1.
https://www.realtor.ca/on/toronto/real-estate
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web search NEUTRAL — Year-to-year (YOY) or year-over-year refers to comparing financial data or...
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/y/year-over-year.asp
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web search NEUTRAL — NYC Housing Connect 2.0...
https://housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/
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“purchase applications dropped 4% from last week on a seasonally adjusted basis”
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Multiple independent sources (IBTimes and Breaking The News) confirm that mortgage purchase applications decreased by approximately 4% (or 4.4%) on a seasonally adjusted basis.
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web search NEUTRAL — However, applications to buy homes decreased by 4% on a seasonally adjusted basis. The average loan amount for purchase applications grew to $447,300, the highest since October of last year. Governmen…
https://www.ibtimes.com/mortgage-demand-rises-rates-dip-slig…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mortgage applications in the United States decreased 4.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week ending May 1, the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey showed o…
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/US-mortgage-applications…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mortgage applications decreased 4.4% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending May 1, 2026. On an u…
https://www.housingwire.com/articles/mortgage-applications-f…
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“purchase activity remained 5% higher than a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association”
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Two separate sources confirm that purchase activity was 5% higher than a year ago.
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web search NEUTRAL — Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home dropped 4% for the week and were just 5% higher than the same week one year ago.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/mortgage-rates-hit-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — Purchase activity also strengthened despite ongoing affordability challenges. Residential purchase searches reached 725,485, up 8% compared with February and 5% year on year, suggesting underlying dem…
https://www.twenty7tec.com/march-mortgage-market-snapshot/
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web search NEUTRAL — “Purchase activity was 8% higher than a year ago, and the purchase index increased to its highest level since October 2009.” Kan said moving forward, the nation’s low rates and solid job market will c…
https://www.housingwire.com/articles/mba-mortgage-applicatio…
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“Freddie Mac shows the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.37% this week”
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The claim is directly supported by a report citing Freddie Mac data stating the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit 6.37%.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. Under the U.S. Constitution, the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Unit…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
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“up from 6.30% the previous week”
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The evidence from Trendaro explicitly states the rate was 6.37%, 'up from 6.30% the previous week'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. Under the U.S. Constitution, the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Unit…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
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“current rates remain notably lower than the 6.76% seen a year ago”
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The evidence from the search result 'Average U.S. long-term mortgage rate rises to 6.3%' explicitly states that the rate is 'still down from one year ago, when the rate averaged 6.76%'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. Under the U.S. Constitution, the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Unit…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
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“Realtor.com data shows that active inventory grew by 2.7% this week compared to a year ago”
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Only one source (QUE.com) mentions a 2.7% year-over-year increase in active listings. Another source mentions a 2.3% increase, which contradicts the specific 2.7% figure.
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web search NEUTRAL — Active listings have seen a 2.7% year-over-year increase, contributing to a total volume of homes for sale that is 6.8% higher than in 2025 [1]. This gradual increase in inventory is easing the long-s…
https://que.com/the-2026-real-estate-rebalance-navigating-ne…
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web search NEUTRAL — Year-to-date, inventory is up 14.6%. And inventory is up 38.5% from the seasonal bottom 28 weeks ago. The second graph shows the seasonal pattern for active single-family inventory since 2015. The red…
https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2023/10/housing-october-3…
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web search NEUTRAL — National inventory was up 2.3% year over year in the latest weekly data, while absorbed listings rose 17.5% over the same period. New pendings also increased 10.7% year over year. That does not mean t…
https://www.housingwire.com/articles/2026-housing-market-hom…
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“median listing prices dropped 2.9% this week compared with a year ago”
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No evidence was found after searching for this claim.
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“extending the decline of 2.3% seen a week earlier”
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“It marks the 27th consecutive week in which asking prices have either fallen or remained flat compared to the previous year”
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“homes spending just one day longer on the market than last spring”
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