Vacation-home demand peaked in March 2021, Redfin said. That was two months after Freddie Mac’s average 30-year mortgage rate hit a record low of 2.65%. Borrowing costs have shot up since the end of last year, landing at 4.67% this week.
No mention of vacation homes in the title even though that is what the article focuses on. What is the basis for the claim that a 2% increase is the interest rate shooting up and climbing steeply?
Today in bad headlines
Maybe there should have a course, or ten, on how to write factual and accurate article headlines in Journalism School?
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No mention of vacation homes in the title even though that is what the article focuses on. What is the basis for the claim that a 2% increase is the interest rate shooting up and climbing steeply?