Americans are buying fewer homes as mortgage rates remain high and property prices, bafflingly, continue rising at the national level.

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged up this week, ending a five-week decline in borrowing costs for homebuyers. The long-term rate ticked up to 6.72% from 6.67% last week, mortgage buyer ...

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