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With mortgage rates dipping below 7%, more buyers are touring homes, but that isn’t translating into more sales. Redfin’s Homebuyer Demand Index, which measures requests for tours and other services from Redfin agents, was 6% higher than the week ending Jan. 28, according to a Redfinreport. Many buyers who have been sitting on the sidelines are touring homes again because they’re worried prices will increase more if they wait. Sale prices were up 5.5% year over year during the four weeks ending Jan. 28 — the biggest increase in more than a year. While tours are up, it hasn’t translated into ho…

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