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House hunting is already tough. Guess what? It’s about to get harder



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A house for sale, in escrow, in Laguna Woods, California.Scott Mlyn | CNBCAnyone out shopping for a home on the resale market knows the pickings are slim. They’re about to get slimmer. The number of homes for sale this month was actually 7% higher than June of last year, according to Realtor.com. But, in just the last week, that comparison went negative, with the number of homes for sale falling below year-ago levels for the first time in 59 weeks.New listings in the last week of June were down 29% from the same week a year ago. That’s a wider drop than previous weeks.With mortgage rates surging ever higher, crossing over 7% again on the 30-year fixed Thursday, according to Mortgage News Daily, homeowners have very little incentive to sell their homes. The vast majority of homeowners with mortgages have rates …

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