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Aftter dropping dramatically in March and early April, mortgage rates have been inching back up the last two weeks. 

Though it initially looked like the Federal Reserve might finally stop hiking rates, the strength that the banking sector has shown following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank means that we'll likely see another 25-basis-point hike to the federal funds rate in May.