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Meet the home buyers totally unfazed by 7% mortgage rates

Managing Editor · Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM · 1 min read

Meet the home buyers totally unfazed by 7% mortgage rates — MarketWatch, Hong Kong Real Estate news — Image: MarketWatch

Individual investors and second-home buyers accounted for 1 in 5 home purchases in September — the highest share in a little over a year.

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