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Why Today's 7.5% Mortgage Rate Isn't Like 1980s 18%

Original: Why a 7.5% Mortgage Rate Today Is Very Different From an 18% Rate in the 1980s

A comparison is drawing attention to mortgage rates today versus the early 1980s, when rates hit 18%. Despite today's 7.5% being far lower in nominal terms, the argument goes that affordability, home prices relative to income, and household debt levels make the current burden comparable or worse in real terms for buyers.

Why now: Homebuyers frustrated by high current rates are comparing their situation to the 1980s rate peak.

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• Why a 7.5% Mortgage Rate Today Is Very Different From an 18% Rate in the 1980s · Substack

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