Journal Article
Volatile mortgage rates - a new fact of life?
Abstract: Mortgage interest rates now move much more closely with capital market rates than in the past. This important development stems in part from the removal of mortgage usury ceilings. But the main reason for the closer relationship of mortgage rates to capital market rates is growth of the secondary mortgage market.
Keywords: Secondary markets; Mortgages;
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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Part of Series: Economic Review
Publication Date: 1988
Volume: 73
Issue: Mar
Pages: 16-28