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A 7% mortgage rate only governs the buyers who need one.
With more than a quarter of transactions now all-cash and luxury builders still raising prices, financing dependence — not geography or product — decides which housing segments freeze and which retain pricing power.
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The US Housing Bottleneck
Toll Brothers' Luxury Homebuilding Margins: Resilient Pricing Power and Geographic Divergence in Mid-2026 A buyer base that mostly does not need a mortgage sits outside the 7% rate's jurisdiction, which is why the luxury builder keeps pricing power while financed segments freeze.
The US Housing Bottleneck
The K-Shaped Housing Market Bifurcation: Luxury Resilience vs. Affordable Squeeze and Builder Incentives in Late 2026 The cash tier transacts outside the rate regime entirely while financed entry-level buyers freeze, producing the bifurcated market structure the law names.