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French Hill: “The single family mortgage rate when I bought my first house…”

Featuring: French Hill, Republican | U.S. House Arkansas, 2nd Congressional District

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House Leadership, Angel Families, and Law Enforcement Applaud Passage of Secure America Act

Published | Video Starts at 13:33

High interest rates, high costs have really burdened a lot of our families to where the average young person trying to buy a home today is 40. I bought my first house at 30, so I recognize that. I empathize with it because The single family mortgage rate when I bought my first house was 15% fixed for 30 years. 15% fixed for 30 years. So saving that money, having that down payment, having something competitive, we all empathize that here. We all know about the burden of saving and having that first home. (13:33–13:40)

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