Mortgage Rates Follow Oil Prices Lower

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Mortgage News Daily reports that mortgage rates followed oil prices lower today, after early reports of progress in peace negotiations through Pakistani mediators triggered a sharp drop in crude. Bond yields moved in tandem with oil, and since lender pricing tracks yields, the result was a measurable improvement in mortgage rates. The connection between fuel markets and borrowing costs is not always direct, but on days like this the link is impossible to miss.

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