{"id":170636,"date":"2026-02-25T19:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mortgage-rates-hit-lowest-level-in-nearly-4-years-but-homebuyers-are-still-stuck-on-the-sidelines\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T19:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:15:40","slug":"mortgage-rates-hit-lowest-level-in-nearly-4-years-but-homebuyers-are-still-stuck-on-the-sidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mortgage-rates-hit-lowest-level-in-nearly-4-years-but-homebuyers-are-still-stuck-on-the-sidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortgage rates hit lowest level in nearly 4 years, but homebuyers are still stuck on the sidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nMortgage rates dropped to the lowest level since 2022 last week, but demand from homebuyers dropped as well, as they continue to struggle with affordability.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : cnbc.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/02\/25\/mortgage-rates-hit-lowest-level-in-nearly-4-years.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mortgage rates hit lowest level in nearly 4 years, but homebuyers are still stuck on the sidelines<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Mortgage rates dropped to the lowest level since 2022 last week, but demand from homebuyers&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-Ioc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107808,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lowest-mortgage-rates-in-a-year-and-a-half-dont-impress-homebuyers\/","url_meta":{"origin":170636,"position":0},"title":"Lowest mortgage rates in a year and a half don&#039;t impress homebuyers","date":"June 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Mortgage rates are falling fast, but not enough to offset high home prices. 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