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Average 30-year mortgage rates reached 23-year highs in October, and although they're still relatively high, they're starting to trend downward.
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced that it is pausing federal fund rate hikes for now. This is good news for mortgage rates — generally, when the federal funds rate goes up, mortgage rates tend to follow suit.