Mortgage guy here- certainly correct, MBS Interest rates shooting up faster than ever in the past 15ish years isnt helping folks get approved eitherI was home this weekend for a family get together. My uncle and brother are real estate agents and my aunt is the COO of a mortgage company. They all said they have seen an increase in clients not getting approved for mortgages in the last 4-6 months. Many of them are due to excessive amounts of debt, specifically credit card debt.