5 factors keeping a lid on mortgage rates
The post below first appeared on U.S. News & World Report’s Home Front blog on April 26. A special thanks to Meg Handley and the entire Home Front team:
So far, 2013 has been an up-and-down year for mortgage rates. After cresting in March, rates for average for 30-year conforming fixed-rate mortgages have sunk by about a quarter percentage point, currently just above the low point for this year.



