Why aren\’t mortgage rates going down despite the Fed rate cut?
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tardis_mom asked:
We would like to refinance our current mortgage and I was hopeful that the result of the Fed rate cut would be a drop in the mortgage rates. However, it seems like mortgage rates only dropped by about 1/4 % point (I was hoping to go down to about 5% on a 30 year fixed rate with no points with an excellent credit score). What determines whether mortgage rates fall and how much?
Darryl
We would like to refinance our current mortgage and I was hopeful that the result of the Fed rate cut would be a drop in the mortgage rates. However, it seems like mortgage rates only dropped by about 1/4 % point (I was hoping to go down to about 5% on a 30 year fixed rate with no points with an excellent credit score). What determines whether mortgage rates fall and how much?
Darryl
