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REAL ESTATE • In Contract

Cause for celebration in this 100-year-storm of a housing market: The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dipped below 7% last week for the first time since July. It’s still a long way to the sub-4% rates most homeowners are carrying, but with Fed cuts on the way in ’24, there’s finally some light at the end of the market’s cong…