It is anticipated that US home loan rates could rise by as much as three-quarters of a percentage point as soon as April.

Federal Reserve purchase program ending in March

The Federal Reserve in the US has signaled that by the end of March it will end up its mortgage bonds purchase program.

Purpose of Purchase program

The $1.25 trillion mortgage-backed securities purchase program was created with a purpose of bringing down mortgage rates and in order to provide support to the housing market.

In the first week of January 30-year mortgage rates averaged 5.09%.

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