Mortgage Outlook: Fed Intends To Calm Rates

Holden Lewis, NerdWallet.com
Mon, 03/30/2020 - 5:00am

In March, the trajectory of mortgage rates humbled forecasters. Mortgage rates fell in late February as the COVID-19 pandemic spread. The forecast for March seemed logical: Mortgage rates would continue falling if the epidemic worsened in the United States. Instead, mortgage rates went up dramatically in March. The forecast for April calls for fixed mortgage... Holden Lewis is a writer at NerdWallet.

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