Looking for relief from rising mortgage rates? Yahoo Finance senior housing reporter Claire Boston sits down with Brad Smith on Wealth to talk about this "little-known factor" that could help ease mortgage rates: mortgage spreads. She explains the dynamic of declining mortgage spreads and what it means for US homebuyers as they contend with condo shortages.

Read up on Claire's coverage of rising mortgage rates this week.

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.