Why aren’t mortgage rates going down despite the Fed rate cut?
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009tardis_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?
Mildred
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?
Mildred

