Mortgage Rates Are Pulled Down by Global Events

Washington Post, March 3, 2022–Kathy Orton
The 30-year fixed-rate average had been on a steady march upward, but the Russian invasion of Ukraine sent it down to 3.76 percent this week. (MBA mention)
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