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Average 30-year mortgage rates remain at their highest levels since 2000, but they could start falling soon as inflation decelerates.
The Department of Commerce reported on Friday that the core personal consumption expenditures price index rose 3.7% year over year in September, a slight slowdown from the previous month. The core PCE price index is the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation, and it's expected to fall further in the coming months.