Are Home Mortgage Rates About to Rise?

Home mortgage rate cut

Last week about the Federal Reserve continuing its policy of keeping interest rates low to stimulate the economy. Also,  thirty-year fixed mortgage rates slipped below the five percent mark for the first time in nearly half a year, dipping to 4.9 percent and fifteen year fixed rates are just 4.4 percent. It looks like the low rates caused applications for new mortgages to jump by nearly 6 percent last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

According to the statement released by the Fed, in an effort to “provide support to mortgage lending and housing markets” they will “purchase a total of $1.25 trillion of agency mortgage-backed securities and up to $200 billion of agency debt.”  Additionally, “they expect to gradually slow the pace of these purchases in order to promote a smooth transition.” Read more