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To: CharlieOK1
It's difficult to tell what they'll do. There is no direct connection between the overnight federal funds rate and fixed-rate mortgages. Often mortgages actually creep up slightly after a Fed cut. They trend the same overall, but not directly.

Look at this chart:

Fixed rates are actually tied to 10-year Treasury bonds.

That all said, I think mortgage interest rates will stay about the same or continue slowly creeping down a bit more.

9 posted on 01/24/2008 9:08:30 AM PST by RockinRight ("Mike Huckabee appeals to the type of person who thinks pro-wrestling is real." - TQC)
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To: RockinRight

Good chart.


17 posted on 01/24/2008 10:26:59 AM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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