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Fed Rate Hike? Whatever, Mortgage Rates Are Already Up
National Mortgage News, Dec. 14, 2016–Sinnock, Bonnie
The surge in mortgage rates since the November election is expected to offset the increase to lenders’ short-term funding costs following the Federal Open Markets Committee’s 25-basis-point increase to the federal funds rate.