Mortgage Rates Recover Some Recent Losses
Although the Federal Reserve raised interest rates Dec. 16, rates charged for home mortgages reached all-time lows in February. The prospect of additional Fed rates hikes in 2016 caused a short-term uptick in mortgage rates in early March. As market fears subsided, mortgage rates drifted lower. Recently, lenders have been quoting rates of 3.875 percent or lower based on the