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Re:Americans Have Never Been So Unwilling to Relocate for a ... by nonethewiser on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @12:57PM (#35978112)
That assumes you started your mortgage in roughly the last 10-15 years in the US or somewhere else with the same rate history. Average rates before then were consistently higher. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US

If you started your mortgage before then its a neutral to positive rate-wise.

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Re:Americans Have Never Been So Unwilling to Relocate for a ... by giaour on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @01:12PM (#35978318)
Many holders of higher rate mortgages refinanced during the last 10-15 years, too.
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