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Mortgage Rates Hold Steady
Washington Post, Oct. 1, 2015–Orton, Kathy
A government shutdown was averted. The Federal Reserve stood pat on interest rates. The two events expected to rock the mortgage market never came to fruition. As a result, home loan rates barely budged this week, Freddie Mac reported.