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Mortgage rates for March 19, 2015

We saw mortgage rates pull back after some soft economic data on manufacturing, home construction and consumer spending. So even though the Federal Reserve is laying the groundwork for the eventuality of interest-rate hikes, any economic softness just pushes the timetable further out.

mortgage loan Rates Slip as Applications Fall

The latest Mortgage Bankers Association report on mortgage applications noted a week-over-week decrease in the group's seasonally adjusted composite index for the week ending March 13.