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» Short Takes: Interest Rates at 5.00% By End of 2014 / Housing Affordability Outlook / Early-Payment Defaults all But Disappear
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Short Takes: Interest Rates at 5.00% By End of 2014 / Housing Affordability Outlook / Early-Payment Defaults all But Disappear
November 20, 2013
Brandon Ivey
Freddie Mac projects that interest rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages will hit 5.00 percent by the end of 2014, with little impact on affordability.
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