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US Mortgage Rates Surge Above 7% to a More Than Two-Year High

Rising costs weigh on the housing market as home sales fall to their lowest pace in over a year.

3 publishers · 3 articles · first seen 22 Sept 2026 · updated 1h ago

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published.

  1. FortuneMortgage rates are nearing 7%, delivering another blow to a housing market already losing buyers and facing stalled sales
  2. Bloomberg MarketsUS Mortgage Rates Surge Above 7% to a More Than Two-Year High
  3. QuartzU.S. mortgage rates surged above 7% to their highest level in over two years

Sources

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  1. US Mortgage Rates Surge Above 7% to a More Than Two-Year High Bloomberg Markets ·
  2. U.S. mortgage rates surged above 7% to their highest level in over two years Quartz
  3. Mortgage rates are nearing 7%, delivering another blow to a housing market already losing buyers and facing stalled sales Fortune