WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rates on 30-year mortgages plunged this week to the lowest level since January, and are poised to fall further after the Federal Reserve launched a new effort to prop up the flailing housing market.
Mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac said Thursday that average rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages dropped to 4.98 percent this week.
That was down from 5.03 percent last week. It was the lowest since the week of Jan. 15, when it was at 4.96 percent.
The rate quotes included in Freddie Mac's survey were taken before the Fed said Wednesday it will pump $1.2 trillion into the economy in an effort to lower rates on mortgages and other and loosen credit. That is expected to drive mortgage rates down further.
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