Rising Rates Lead to Increase in Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (ARM) Activity
The share of U.S. homebuyers who are taking out ARM loans has risen significantly since the height of the pandemic.
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Archana Pradhan holds the position of principal, economist as part of the Office of the Chief Economist at CoreLogic. With years of experience in housing economics, applied econometrics and spatial analysis, she is responsible for analyzing housing and mortgage markets.
Prior to joining CoreLogic, she was program manager and senior research analyst at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. She earned her doctorate in natural resource economics from West Virginia University.
The share of U.S. homebuyers who are taking out ARM loans has risen significantly since the height of the pandemic.
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Millennial first-time homebuyers are most prevalent in the affordable Midwest and costal metros with high-tech job opportunities.
While the share of first-time homebuyers declined throughout much of 2022 due to mortgage rate hikes, it recently rebounded.
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