{
  "id": 4895692,
  "title": "Mortgage rates near 6.7%: Why homeowners are refusing to give up cheap 3% loans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/mortgage-rates-near-6-7-why-homeowners-are-refusing-to-give-up-cheap",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T16:34:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/mortgage-rates-near-6-7-why-homeowners-are-refusing-to-give-up-cheap-3-loans-101788278518668.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US mortgage rates near 6.7% are keeping homeowners locked into cheap 3% loans, hurting home sales and delaying the US housing market recovery.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}