After a brief dip due to concerns over the Omicron variant, both the 10-year Treasury yield and 30-year mortgage rate have since resumed their upward trends, with the latter rising to a nine-month high by the end of last year. That will help reverse the surge in housing demand seen late last year, with applications for home purchase set to fall back to where they were in mid-2021 over the next couple of months.
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