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The last time interest rates were this high, "hanging chads" dominated national news.

US mortgage rates have climbed past 7.5% -- further tightening an increasingly impossible-to-crack housing market. Not that any evidence is needed, but a RedFin survey published Wednesday underscores just how unhappy Americans feel about the housing market.

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Source Fool.com