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Mortgage Spreads Widen With Uncertainty Tied to Iran Conflict
March 12, 2026
Dennis Hollier
Since the U.S. initiated strikes on Iran, mortgage rates and MBS spreads have given up all the ground they gained from the Trump administration’s directive for the GSEs to purchase $200 billion in agency MBS.
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