Having climbed for nearly two weeks already, 30-year mortgage rates surged higher Thursday—triggered by Wednesday’s Federal Reserve announcement of a scaled-back forecast for 2025 rate cuts. Jumping to 6.98%, the 30-year mortgage average is now at its most expensive level in more than five months. Rate movement for other mortgage types was meanwhile mixed.

 

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