FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER MARKET REPORT

For first-time homebuyers, the Genworth Composite First-Time Homebuyer Interest Rate (the average interest rate on 30-year fixed rate mortgages used by first-time homebuyers1) increased from 4.77 percent in the second quarter to 4.88 percent in the third quarter and is up 67 basis points from a year ago. ................
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