If bond market investors get cold feet about buying government debt and mortgage-backed securities, that could push long-term interest rates higher, even if the Fed…
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Several Fed policymakers have hinted that they’d be open to a smaller increase in short-term rates in December if there are signs that inflation is…
As rates surged last week, demand for FHA purchase loans dropped by nearly 8 percent, according to a weekly lender survey by the Mortgage Bankers…