The Fed’s Interest Rate Cut Doesn’t Mean Mortgage Rates Will Fall
Typically, when the Federal Open Market Committee cuts interest rates, like it did earlier in the week, the rate consumers pay for a mortgage loan falls. But unfortunately for borrowers, these are atypical times.
One only has to open a newspaper or turn on a TV to hear about the malaise in the housing market, with record numbers of consumers facing foreclosure. With concerns over the credit worthiness of would-be borrowers and banks sitting on a boatload of bad loans, consumers looking to refinance or get a new mortgage are suffering.
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