Poll: Low mortgage rates not increasing sales

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Forty-five percent of people who participated in a Real Estate Weekly poll say the record-low mortgage rates are just leading to an increase in refinancing. Forty-one percent of those who took the poll say the low rates haven’t made any difference at all in home sales or refinancing, while 8% are unsure and 6% say the low rates have led to more sales and more refinancing. About 75 people participated in the poll.

This week’s question: Will the number of construction jobs in metro Baton Rouge be higher at the end of the year than they were at the end of 2009?

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