A May buyer’s estimated house payment of $4,700 is off 3% in a year. Still, that burden has tripled in 10 years.

Mortgage rates were down again, dropping to 6.67% this week, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation reported, but that may not last.

Recent data from the MIBOR Realtor Association shows that the number of closed home sales is up by 11.7%. Jake Hemrick, of ...