Fixed mortgage rates rose again this week following “concerns the Federal Reserve may slow its bond purchases amid a strengthening economy,” Freddie Mac reported this week. The 30-year fixed rate averaged 3.91 percent this week while the 15-year averaged 3.03, marking the first time since May 2012 that the 15-year was over 3 percent. Read Freddie Mac’s news release.

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